indeed,we hadthe sentenceof deathwithinourselvessothat we would not trustin ourselves,but in Godwho raisesthe dead;
Not that we are adequatein ourselvesto consideranythingas [coming] from ourselves,but our adequacyis from God,
He consideredthat Godis ableto raise[people] evenfrom the dead,from whichhe alsoreceived him backas a type.
But we havethistreasurein earthenvessels,sothat the surpassing greatnessof the powerwill be of Godand not from ourselves;
"Then I will alsoconfessto you, That your own righthandcan saveyou.
And He alsotoldthisparableto some peoplewho trustedin themselvesthat they were righteous,and viewedotherswith contempt:
He who trustsin his own heartis a fool,But he who walkswiselywill be delivered.
"When I sayto the righteoushe will surelylive,and he [so] trustsin his righteousnessthat he commitsiniquity,noneof his righteousdeedswill be remembered;but in that same iniquityof his whichhe has committedhe will die.
Allthe prosperousof the earthwill eatand worship,Allthose who godownto the dustwill bowbeforeHim, Even he who cannotkeephis soulalive.
The wickedis thrustdownby his wrongdoing,But the righteoushasa refugewhen he dies.
I said,"In the middleof my lifeI am to enterthe gatesof Sheol;I am to be deprivedof the restof my years."
Justas it is written,"FOR YOUR SAKEWE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATHALLDAYLONG; WE WERE CONSIDEREDAS SHEEPTO BE SLAUGHTERED."
For we do not wantyou to be unaware,brethren,of our afflictionwhich came[to us] in Asia,that we were burdenedexcessively,beyondour strength,sothat we despairedevenof life;
whodeliveredus from so greata [peril of] death,and will deliver[us], He on whomwe have set our hope.And He will yetdeliverus,
