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2 Corinthians 3:5

Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

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ASV

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

KJV

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

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18 tagged words
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ἱκανοίhikanoisufficientG2425 →
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λογίσασθαίlogisasthaito reckonG3049 →
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ὡςhōsasG5613 →
ἐξexofG1537 →
ἑαυτῶν,he'autōnourselves,G1438 →
ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235 →
ἡhētheG3588 →
ἱκανότηςhikanotēssufficiencyG2426 →
ἡμῶνhēmōnof usG3165 →
ἐκek[is] ofG1537 →
τοῦtou<the>G3588 →
θεοῦ,theouGod,G2316 →

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2 Corinthians 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.1 Samuel 17:45But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.Philippians 2:13For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.John 15:5I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.2 Corinthians 10:4The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.Genesis 41:16“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.Galatians 6:3If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.Psalms 18:32It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.Exodus 3:11But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”Acts 3:12And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?1 Chronicles 29:14But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.Matthew 10:19–20But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.1 Corinthians 12:3Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.1 Corinthians 3:6I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

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