{From death unto death} (ek thanatou eis thanaton). From
one evil condition to another. Some people are actually hardened
by preaching. {And who is sufficient for these things?} (kai
pros tauta tis hikanos?). Rhetorical question. In himself no one
is. But some one has to preach Christ and Paul proceeds to show
that he is sufficient. {For we are not as the many} (ou gar
esmen h(9373) hoi polloi). A bold thing to say, but necessary and
only from God ( 3:6 ).