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2 Corinthians 3:5-6

5 Not that we are adequate ^{▼▼ Or “competent.”} in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy ^{▼▼ Or “competence.”} is from God, 6 who made us adequate ^{▼▼ Or “competent.”} to be servants of a new covenant ^{▼▼ This new covenant is promised in Jer 31:31–34; 32:40.} not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.