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 of "sense; "as when Paul says, "But our sufficiency is of God; who hath also made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit; for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life,"[366]
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....
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...
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...
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
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...
EACH MAN A LETTER OF CHRIST (2 Corinthians 3:1-3)...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
_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,...
ΙΚΑΝΌΣ (G2425) достаточный, квалифицированный, способный (TLNT). ΛΟΓΊΣΑΣΘΑΙ _aor. med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΛΟΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G3049) рассматривать, подсчитывать. Используется здесь в самом широком значении, обоз...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
This chapter is closely connected with what goes before, and carries on the vindication of the Apostle's conduct....
TO THINK ANY THING AS OF OURSELVES] RV 'To account any thing as from ourselves.'...
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...
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...
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...
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;...
HIS SUCCESS IN THE MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT IS ALTOGETHER DUE TO GOD....
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.
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...
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...
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....
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...
(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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
TO THINK ANY THING; aright, or which would insure success....
NOT THAT WE ARE SUFFICIENT OF OURSELVES TO THINK ANYTHING AS OF OURSELVES; BUT OUR SUFFICIENCY IS OF GOD,...
The spirit contrasted with the letter:...
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...
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...
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...
not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;...
2 Corinthians 3:5 Not G3756 that G3754 are G2070 (G5748) sufficient G2425 of G575 ourselves G1438 think G3049
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
_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...
_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...
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
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. ⇐...
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...
_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. 2
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 12:9;...
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves — So much as to think one good thought; much less, to convert sinners....
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...