2 Corinthians 1:9

New Century Version

Truly, in our own hearts we believed we would die. But this happened so we would not trust in ourselves but in God, who raises people from the dead.

Cross References

Job 40:14

If you can do that, then I myself will praise you, because you are strong enough to save yourself.

Psalm 22:29

All the powerful people on earth will eat and worship. Everyone will bow down to him, all who will one day die.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked are ruined by their own evil, but those who do right are protected even in death.

Proverbs 28:26

Those who trust in themselves are foolish, but those who live wisely will be kept safe.

Isaiah 38:10

I said, “I am in the middle of my life. Do I have to go through the gates of death? Will I have the rest of my life taken away from me?”

Ezekiel 33:13

If I tell good people, ‘You will surely live,’ they might think they have done enough good and then do evil. Then none of the good things they did will be remembered. They will die because of the evil they have done.

Luke 18:9

Jesus told this story to some people who thought they were very good and looked down on everyone else:

Romans 8:36

As it is written in the Scriptures: “For you we are in danger of death all the time. People think we are worth no more than sheep to be killed.”

2 Corinthians 1:10

God saved us from these great dangers of death, and he will continue to save us. We have put our hope in him, and he will save us again.

2 Corinthians 1:8

Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the trouble we suffered in Asia. We had great burdens there that were beyond our own strength. We even gave up hope of living.

2 Corinthians 3:5

We are not saying that we can do this work ourselves. It is God who makes us able to do all that we do.

2 Corinthians 4:7

We have this treasure from God, but we are like clay jars that hold the treasure. This shows that the great power is from God, not from us.

Hebrews 11:19

Abraham believed that God could raise the dead, and really, it was as if Abraham got Isaac back from death.