Lest their false teachers should charge him with vain glory, |
he shows the faith of the Corinthians to be a sufficient commendation of his ministry. |
4 Πεποίθησιν δὲ τοιαύτην ἔχομεν διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ πρὸς τὸν θεόν. 5 οὐχ ὅτι ἀφ’ ἑαυτῶν ἱκανοί ἐσμεν λογίσασθαι τι ὡς ἐξ ἑαυτῶν, ἀλλ’ ἡ ἰκανότης ἡμῶν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ, |
Whereupon entering a comparison between the ministers of the law and of the gospel, |
he proves that his ministry is so far the more excellent, |
as the gospel of life and liberty is more glorious than the law of condemnation. |