^{4 Ref} And this is the certain faith which we have in God through Christ:

^{5 Ref} Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;

^{6 Ref} Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.

^{7 Ref} For if the operation of the law, giving death, recorded in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the eyes of the children of Israel had to be turned away from the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory which was only for a time:

^{4 Ref} And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:

^{5 Ref} Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

^{6 Ref} Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

^{7 Ref} But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

^{4 Ref} And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward:

^{5 Ref} not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

^{6 Ref} who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

^{7 Ref} But if the ministration of death, written, `and' engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which `glory' was passing away: