2 Korintus 3:5-6

3:5 Not that we are adequate ¹  in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy ²  is from God, 3:6 who made us adequate ³  to be servants of a new covenant ⁴  not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

[3:5]  ¹ tn Or “competent.”

[3:5]  ² tn Or “competence.”

[3:6]  ³ tn Or “competent.”

[3:6]  ⁴ sn This new covenant is promised in Jer 31:31-34; 32:40.