Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from our selves, but our sufficiency is from God,

Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.

Not that we are fit (qualified and sufficient in ability) of ourselves to form personal judgments or to claim or count anything as coming from us, but our power and ability and sufficiency are from God.

Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to evaluate anything, this evaluation originating from ourselves, but our sufficiency has its source in God

Not that we are in any way confident of doing anything by our own resources - our ability comes from God.

Not that I am myself qualified to consider anything as coming from me myself. No; my qualification comes from God, for

1. The Death of Self; A Larger Christian Life - A.B. Simpson
2. Done in Christ; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard
3. Poverty; The End Time Men - W.W. Fischer
4. Truth and Grace - Neil Girrard

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