2 Corinthians 1:9

Modern English Version

We had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead.

Cross References

Job 40:14

Then I will also confess to you that your own right hand can save you.

Psalm 22:29

All the prosperous ones of the earth will eat and worship; all who go down to the dust will bow before Him, even he who cannot preserve his own life.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has a refuge in his death.

Proverbs 28:26

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

Isaiah 38:10

I said: In the middle of my days, I shall go to the gates of Sheol; I am to be deprived of the rest of my years.

Ezekiel 33:13

When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live and he so trusts in his righteousness that he commits iniquity, all his righteousness shall not be remembered. But for that iniquity of his that he has committed, he shall die.

Luke 18:9

He told this parable to some who trusted in themselves, as though they were righteous, and despised others:

Romans 8:36

As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.”

2 Corinthians 1:10

He delivered us from so great a death and does deliver us. In Him we trust that He will still deliver us,

2 Corinthians 1:8

For we would not, brothers, have you ignorant of our troubles which came to us in Asia. We were pressured beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life.

2 Corinthians 3:5

not that we are sufficient in ourselves to take credit for anything of ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, the excellency of the power being from God and not from ourselves.

Hebrews 11:19

He reasoned that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he indeed received him in a figurative sense.