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Verse 2 Corinthians 3:5. _NOT THAT WE ARE SUFFICIENT OF OURSELVES_]
We do not arrogate to ourselves any power to enlighten the mind or
change the heart, we are only _instruments_ in the hand of God....
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NOT THAT WE ARE SUFFICIENT OF OURSELVES - This is evidently designed
to guard against the appearance of boasting, or of self-confidence. He
had spoken of his confidence; of his triumph; of his success...
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4. THE MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT IN CONTRAST WITH THE OLD.
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The Epistle of Christ. (2 Corinthians 3:1)_
2. The True Sufficiency. (2 Corinthians 3:4)
3. The Old and New Ministry Con...
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2 Corinthians 3:1 to 2 Corinthians 4:10. THE SPLENDOUR OF THE
APOSTOLIC MINISTRY IN SPITE OF ITS OUTWARD LOWLINESS.
2 Corinthians 3:1. One of the charges laid against Paul had probably
been that of
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EACH MAN A LETTER OF CHRIST (2 Corinthians 3:1-3)...
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We can believe this with such confidence because we believe it through
Christ and in the sight of God. It is not that in our own resources we
are adequate to reckon up the effect of anything that we h...
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OF. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104.
THINK. reckon. Greek _logizomai._ See the frequent occurance in Romans
4, count, reckon, &c.
ANY THING. Greek. _tis_. App-123.,
OF. Greek. _ek_. App-101.
SUFFICIEN...
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_Not that we are sufficient_ We here return to the idea touched upon
in ch. 2 Corinthians 2:16, but then passed over on account of St
Paul's eagerness to assert the purity of his motives.
_of ourselve...
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ἈΦʼ ἙΑΝΤΩ͂Ν before ἱκανοί ἑσμεν (אBC, Copt.
Arm.) rather than after λογίσασθαί τι (ADFGP) or after
ἱκανοί ἐσμεν (KL); and ΛΟΓΊΣΑΣΘΑΙ (אABKL)
rather than λογίζεσθαι (CDFG); and ἘΞ ΑὙΤΩ͂Ν (BFG)
rather t...
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1–6. These opening verses deal with a difficulty which had been
growing at Corinth. He was so often obliged to speak of himself and
his authority, that he laid himself open to the sneering reminder th...
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_EPISTLES WRITTEN IN OUR HEARTS 2 CORINTHIANS 3:1-5:_ At the close of
2 Corinthians two Paul said some good things about himself. "For we
are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved,...
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DISCOURSE: 2006
THE EXTENT OF MAN’S IMPOTENCY
2 Corinthians 3:5. _Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think
any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God_.
COMMONLY as these words a...
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AND SUCH TRUST HAVE WE, &C.— As if he had said, "But mistake me not,
as if I boasted of myself. This so great boasting which I use is only
my confidence in God, through Christ; for it was God who made...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 1
It Dooms The Soul (2 Corinthians 3:1-6)
3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some
do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2You yo...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Paul's Glorious Ministry Under the New Covenant
Scripture_
2 Corinthians 3:4-11. And such confidence have we through Christ to
God-ward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves,...
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Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of
ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
The Greek is, 'Not that we are (even yet, after so long experience as
ministers) sufficien...
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21 The operation of God's Spirit is here seen under three distinct
figures: the anointing, the seal, and the earnest. Prophets and
priests and kings were anointed for their office. They were anointed...
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3:5 competent (f-5) I do not particularly prefer 'competent' to
'sufficient,' (as in ch. 2.16) but the sense is lost in ver. 6, if we
say 'sufficient' there....
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PARAPHRASE. 'In speaking thus highly of my motives I am not writing a
letter to commend myself, nor do I need (like these opponents of mine)
letters of recommendation either to you or from you. (2) Yo...
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This chapter is closely connected with what goes before, and carries
on the vindication of the Apostle's conduct....
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TO THINK ANY THING AS OF OURSELVES] RV 'To account any thing as from
ourselves.'...
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GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK
2 CORINTHIANS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 3
V1 But we are not trying to recommend ourselves. And we do not need
letters to recommend us, like some people. V2 You a...
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NOT THAT WE ARE SUFFICIENT... — He had not used the word
“sufficient” of himself, but it was clearly the implied answer to
the question, “Who is sufficient for these things?” In the Greek
there are tw...
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CHAPTER 9
THE TWO COVENANTS.
2 Corinthians 3:4 (R.V)
THE confidence referred to in the opening of this passage is that
which underlies the triumphant Sentences at the end of the second
chapter. The...
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οὐχ ὅτι ἱκανοί κ. τ. λ.: _not that we are sufficient
of ourselves to judge anything as from ourselves; sc._, to judge
rightly of the methods to be followed in the discharge of the
Apostolic ministry;...
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HIS SUCCESS IN THE MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT IS ALTOGETHER DUE TO
GOD....
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THE SAVOR OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST
2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Corinthians 3:1
Paul, in 2 Corinthians 2:14, imagines himself as part of his Master's
procession passing through the world.
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The apostle declared that the Church is the supreme credential of the
power of the ministry. The Corinthian Christians are "known and read
of all men." This, however, was not the deepest truth. They w...
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PAUL'S LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
It seems Paul was criticized for using personal examples in his first
epistle. The apostle makes it clear that he needs neither boasting nor
letters of commendation as...
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Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of
ourselves; but our (e) sufficiency [is] of God;
(e) In that we are proper and able to make other men partakers of so
great a grace....
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To think any thing of ourselves, that may deserve a reward in heaven.
--- But Christ hath made us fit ministers of his New Testament by the
Spirit: for the letter of the Old Testament killeth, but the...
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(1) Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some
others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation
from you? (2) Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and re...
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_THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY_
‘Our sufficieney is of God.’
2 Corinthians 3:5
The subjects of this chapter are, first, the reality, and secondly,
the objects and the dignity of the Christian ministry. I...
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5._Not that we are competent. _(370) When he thus disclaims all merit,
it is not as if he abased himself in merely pretended modesty, but
instead of this, he speaks what he truly thinks. Now we see, t...
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These words give rise to an exposition of the gospel in contrast with
the law, which the false teachers mixed up with the gospel. He gives
this exposition with the most touching appeal to the heart of...
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NOT THAT WE ARE SUFFICIENT OF OURSELVES,.... Though we are sufficient
for this work to which God has called us, and have such trust and
confidence that he has blessed and owned us, and done such great...
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Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of
ourselves; but our sufficiency _is_ of God;
Ver. 5. _Not that we are sufficient_] Lest they should think him
arrogant. Cyrus had this...
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_Not that we are sufficient of ourselves_ For this great work of
converting sinners, and creating them anew; or so much as _to think
any thing as of ourselves_ To form even right views of the gospel a...
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TO THINK ANY THING; aright, or which would insure success....
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NOT THAT WE ARE SUFFICIENT OF OURSELVES TO THINK ANYTHING AS OF
OURSELVES; BUT OUR SUFFICIENCY IS OF GOD,...
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The spirit contrasted with the letter:...
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Did the Corinthians assume that Paul was merely commending himself or
defending himself in penning the last verse of chapter 2? It was not
so; but necessity demanded that they should recognize that he...
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1-11 Even the appearance of self-praise and courting human applause,
is painful to the humble and spiritual mind. Nothing is more
delightful to faithful ministers, or more to their praise, than the
s...
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I would not have you think that we judge ourselves sufficient to work
a change in the hearts of men; we are so far from that, that we have
no sufficiency so much as to think one good thought, which is...
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not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from
ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;...
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Origen Against Celsus Book VI " For it is the custom of Scripture to
give to "intelligent beings" the names of "spirits" and "spiritual
things," by way of distinction from those which are the objects...
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2 Corinthians 3:5 Not G3756 that G3754 are G2070 (G5748) sufficient
G2425 of G575 ourselves G1438 think G3049
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‘And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward. Not that we
are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves;
but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as...
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HE IS NOT SPEAKING LIKE THIS TO COMMEND HIMSELF. INDEED THE
CORINTHIANS THEMSELVES ARE HIS LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION, WRITTEN BY
THE SPIRIT OF GOD (2 CORINTHIANS 3:1).
He firmly points out that he does...
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OF OURSELVES
(αφ' εαυτων). Starting from ourselves (reflexive pronoun).AS
FROM OURSELVES
(ως εξ αυτων). He says it over again with preposition εξ
(out of). He has no originating power for such co...
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2 Corinthians 3:4
The Divine Sufficiency.
I. Here we have a conception of the Christian ministry what it is in
its range, in its demands, in its difficulties, and in its trust upon
God. The first wor...
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2 Corinthians 3:1
I. There is a peculiar writing on the tablet of the Christian's soul.
The old covenant, with its precepts and penalties, was engraven upon
slabs of stone; but the new covenant, with...
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CONTENTS: The ministry of Christ accredited. Its spiritual and
glorious character.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Moses.
CONCLUSION: True ministers are Christ's instruments, for He is th...
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2 Corinthians 3:1. _Do we begin again to commend ourselves?_ A happy
mode of recovery, as though he had slidden unawares into
self-applause, when contrasting his ministry with that of false
teachers....
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THERE IS NOTHING IN US. The false teachers boasted about their own
talents. Paul does no such thing! COMES FROM GOD. "It is God who tells
us how to carry out our mission as apostles, and it is God who...
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_Not that we are sufficient of ourselves … our sufficiency is of
God._
THE SUFFICIENCY OF GOD
The all-sufficiency of God is the essence of all Christian experience,
it has been the support of the fa...
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_Do we begin again to commend ourselves?_
or need we … epistles of commendation?
A PASTOR’S CLAIM
1. The voluntary relations of men are founded upon mutual confidence,
and even those which are invol...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 3:1 Paul makes it clear that, as
an apostle, he was called to mediate the Spirit in fulfillment of the
new covenant.
⇐...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 3:5 SUFFICIENCY IS FROM GOD.
Paul’s sufficiency as an apostle echoes the accounts of the callings
of the OT prophets (see Judges 6:11
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CHAPTER III.
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. Paul asserts that he does not seek or need the praise of men, as
the Judaising false apostles sought it: the fruit of his preaching is,
he says, sufficient co...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
N.B. A _continuous outpour_ of argument and appeal, all “alive,”
and quivering, thrilling, with quick emotion, _from_ 2 Corinthians
2:17 _to_ 2 Corinthians 6:10.
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EXPOSITION
Defence against the charge of self-recommendation, which St. Paul does
not need (2 Corinthians 3:1). His sufficiency comes from God (2
Corinthians 3:4), who has made him minister of a coven...
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Shall we turn tonight to the third chapter of II Corinthians.
Paul the apostle, it seemed, had the detractors to his ministry, men
that followed him around seeking to discredit him. There are always
t...
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1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 3:6; 2
Corinthians 12:9;...
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Not that we are sufficient of ourselves — So much as to think one
good thought; much less, to convert sinners....
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Observe here, 1. How the apostle having made an apology and defence
for himself and his ministry, against those that did calumniate him,
in the former verses; in the verse before us he acknowledges hi...