# competent in ourselves
"qualified in ourselves" or "sufficient in ourselves"
# to claim anything as coming from us
Here the word "anything" refers to anything pertaining to Paul's apostolic ministry. Alternate translation: "to claim that anything we have done in ministry comes from our own efforts" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
# our competence is from God
"God gives us our sufficiency"