2 Corinthians 1:24

1:24 I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm. ¹ 

2 Corinthians 3:5

3:5 Not that we are adequate ²  in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy ³  is from God,

¹ tn Or “because you stand firm in the faith.”

² tn Or “competent.”

³ tn Or “competence.”