2 Corinthians 3:5
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Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
In other translations
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
Greek words
οὐχouchNotG3756ὅτιhotiforG3754ἀφ᾽aph᾽fromG575ἑαυτῶνhe'autōnourselvesG1438ἱκανοίhikanoisufficientG2425ἐσμενesmenwe areG1510λογίσασθαίlogisasthaito reckonG3049τιtianythingG5100ὡςhōsasG5613ἐξexofG1537ἑαυτῶν,he'autōnourselves,G1438ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235ἡhētheG3588ἱκανότηςhikanotēssufficiencyG2426ἡμῶνhēmōnof usG3165ἐκek[is] ofG1537τοῦtou<the>G3588θεοῦ,theouGod,G2316
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