Key Verse Spotlight
2 Corinthians 3:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:”
2 Corinthians 3:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
{Forasmuch as ye are} manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency {is} of God;
Who also hath 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. {giveth life: or, quickeneth}
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