2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
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that.

2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

2 Corinthians 4:7
Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.

Exodus 4:10
"Please, Lord, " Moses replied, "I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue."

John 15:5
I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

but.

2 Corinthians 12:9
But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Exodus 4:11-16
And the LORD said to him, "Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, sighted or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? . . .

Jeremiah 1:6-10
"Ah, Lord GOD, " I said, "I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!" . . .

Matthew 10:19, 20
But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say. . . .

Luke 21:15
For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

Luke 24:49
And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."

1 Corinthians 3:6, 10
I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. . . .

1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good pleasure.

Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

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

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

International Standard Version
By ourselves we are not qualified to claim that anything comes from us. Rather, our credentials come from God,

NET Bible
Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Not that we are sufficient to think anything as from ourselves, but our power is from God,
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