Which verse states that our competency comes from God and not from ourselves?

• A. 2 Corinthians 3:5
• B. 1 Corinthians 13
• C. Ephesians 4:1
• D. Philippians 4:13

Answer: (A)

Our ability to serve effectively comes from God, not from ourselves. In 2 Corinthians 3:5, Paul states plainly: “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God.” This sums up the idea that true adequacy for ministry isn’t something we generate on our own; it is given by God as the source of our strength and capability. The surrounding context in this letter emphasizes that the power to fulfill ministry doesn’t rest in human credentials or natural talent, but in God’s enabling grace and the Spirit at work through us. That makes this verse the clearest and direct statement about our competency originating from God rather than from ourselves. Other verses on love, walking worthy, or Christ’s strength point to related truths about living and serving God, but they don’t state the source of our sufficiency as explicitly as this one.