Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary 2 Corinthians 3:4

"And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward:" — 2 Corinthians 3:4 (ASV)

Paul’s confidence before God in claiming that the Corinthians were a letter written by Christ that validated his apostolic credentials came through Christ (v.1). It was not the product of a pious wish or imagination. Still speaking of this confidence before God, he disowns any ability to form a competent judgment on the results of his own ministry or any personal right to lay claim to the results of what was in reality God’s work. Paul’s confidence came through Christ and his competence came from God.