2 Korintus 3:5-6

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, 3:6 who made us adequate ³  to be servants of a new covenant ⁴  not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Korintus 4:11-12

4:11 For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible ⁵  in our mortal body. ⁶  4:12 As a result, ⁷  death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. ⁸ 

[3:5]  ¹ tn Or “competent.”

[3:5]  ² tn Or “competence.”

[3:6]  ³ tn Or “competent.”

[3:6]  ⁴ sn This new covenant is promised in Jer 31:31-34; 32:40.

[4:11]  ⁵ tn Or “may also be revealed.”

[4:11]  ⁶ tn Grk “mortal flesh.”

[4:12]  ⁷ tn Or “So then.”

[4:12]  ⁸ tn Grk “death is at work in us, but life in you”; the phrase “is at work in” is repeated in the translation for clarity.