2 Corinthians 3:4-6

More of You and less of me!

Micah 6:8 Be forgiving, be kind and know that life is nothing to do with us but everything to do with the Holy Trinity.

As for me and my  family…we trust God alone.

2 Corinthians 3:4–6

4 And we have such trust through Christ toward God. 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, 6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Paul points to God as the source of his qualifications; his confidence does not come from his own abilities, but from the power of God. The law does not justify people; it only identifies sin and condemns. Instead, people are justified by faith. Faithlife Bible.

Paul was convinced that Christ would make his ministry effective. Paul placed his confidence not in himself or his own abilities but in the Lord. This is the answer to the question…Who is sufficient? 

The letter is a reference to the old covenant—that is, the Ten Commandments written on stone. The letter kills because all break the law, and the penalty is death.

Paul lists the first of three contrasts between the OT ministry and the NT ministry. First, the OT ministry engraved on stones (a reference to the Ten Commandments) was glorious, but the ministry of the Spirit is more glorious, because the glory of the ministry of the Law given through Moses was passing away. Besides, though the Law itself is holy, the ministry of the Law is the ministry of death, whereas the ministry of the Spirit is the ministry of life. 

The Holy Spirit produces eternal life. NKJ Bible.

Jeremiah 31:31 “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—

Matthew 26:28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Luke 22:20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.

John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.