indeed,we hadthe sentenceof deathwithinourselvessothat we would not trustin ourselves,but in Godwho raisesthe dead;
"Then I will alsoconfessto you, That your own righthandcan saveyou.
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.
He who trustsin his own heartis a fool,But he who walkswiselywill be delivered.
I said,"In the middleof my lifeI am to enterthe gatesof Sheol;I am to be deprivedof the restof my years."
"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.
And He alsotoldthisparableto some peoplewho trustedin themselvesthat they were righteous,and viewedotherswith contempt:
Justas it is written,"FOR YOUR SAKEWE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATHALLDAYLONG; WE WERE CONSIDEREDAS SHEEPTO BE SLAUGHTERED."
whodeliveredus from so greata [peril of] death,and will deliver[us], He on whomwe have set our hope.And He will yetdeliverus,
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;
Not that we are adequatein ourselvesto consideranythingas [coming] from ourselves,but our adequacyis from God,
But we havethistreasurein earthenvessels,sothat the surpassing greatnessof the powerwill be of Godand not from ourselves;
He consideredthat Godis ableto raise[people] evenfrom the dead,from whichhe alsoreceived him backas a type.
