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2 Corinthians 3:5

5 Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but aour adequacy is from God,

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2 Corinthians 3:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

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

2 Corinthians 3:5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God,

2 Corinthians 3:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

2 Corinthians 3:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.

2 Corinthians 3:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,

2 Corinthians 3:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

We are not saying that we can do this work ourselves. It is God who makes us able to do all that we do.

2 Corinthians 3:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

2 Corinthians 3:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

not that we are competent of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our competency is of God;

2 Corinthians 3:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

By ourselves we are not qualified in any way to claim that we can do anything. Rather, God makes us qualified.

2 Corinthians 3:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

It is not that we are competent in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our competence is from God.

2 Corinthians 3:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our competence is from God,

2 Corinthians 3:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

2 Corinthians 3:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

In ourselves we are not able to claim anything for ourselves. The power to do what we do comes from God.


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