2 Corinthians 1:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

yea, we ourselves have had the answer of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

but we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Indeed, we felt within ourselves that we had received the [very] sentence of death, but that was to keep us from trusting in and depending on ourselves instead of on God Who raises the dead.

American Standard Version (1901)

yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:

Common English Bible

It certainly seemed to us as if we had gotten the death penalty. This was so that we would have confidence in God, who raises the dead, instead of ourselves.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But we had within ourselves the response to death, so that we would not have faith in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But we had in ourselves the answer of death, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead.

2 Corinthians 1:9 Cross References

Job 40:14

Then wilt I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee

Psalm 22:29

All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing: But the righteous hath hope in his death.

Proverbs 28:26

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Isaiah 38:10

I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

Ezekiel 33:13

When I say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity that he hath committed, therein shall he die.

Luke 18:9

And he spake also this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:

Romans 8:36

Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

2 Corinthians 1:10

who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;

2 Corinthians 1:8

For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

2 Corinthians 3:5

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

Hebrews 11:19

accounting that God is able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a parable receive him back.