2 Korintus 3:5

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,

2 Korintus 5:5

5:5 Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose ³  is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment. ⁴ 

2 Korintus 5:13

5:13 For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

[3:5]  ¹ tn Or “competent.”

[3:5]  ² tn Or “competence.”

[5:5]  ³ tn Grk “for this very thing.”

[5:5]  ⁴ tn Or “first installment,” “pledge,” “deposit” (see the note on the phrase “down payment” in 1:22).