"We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ." ~2 Corinthians 3:4, NLT
Paul is writing, for the second time, to the Corinthians in this verse. Some "missionaries" had come to Corinth and were presenting the Corinthian believers with all sorts of qualifications, and teaching a different gospel than the one of Jesus. Paul is refuting those qualifications, telling the Corinthians that he doesn't need any - v5 "[His] qualification comes from God."
Our personal validity, our actions' validity, it doesn't come from us. It doesn't come from the world. It comes from God, just like every good thing. We can be confident in our every action, our every word, our very being, because of Christ. (Assuming, of course, that our actions aren't against Him as described in the Bible...) We have to trust God to give our words meaning, we have to trust God to do what we cannot - change souls.
Are you afraid? Are you worried, because you're not in control? Cut it out, that's not your job! Your job is to be obedient to God; give Him the rest, let Him take care of the minutiae. You can't do anymore than that! So trust in Him, in all of it, to take care of you. He will.
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