2 Corinthians 1:9

New Living Translation

In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead.

Cross References

Job 40:14

Then even I would praise you, for your own strength would save you.

Psalm 22:29

Let the rich of the earth feast and worship. Bow before him, all who are mortal, all whose lives will end as dust.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked are crushed by disaster, but the godly have a refuge when they die.

Proverbs 28:26

Those who trust their own insight are foolish, but anyone who walks in wisdom is safe.

Isaiah 38:10

I said, “In the prime of my life, must I now enter the place of the dead? Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?”

Ezekiel 33:13

When I tell righteous people that they will live, but then they sin, expecting their past righteousness to save them, then none of their righteous acts will be remembered. I will destroy them for their sins.

Luke 18:9

Then Jesus told this story to some who had great confidence in their own righteousness and scorned everyone else:

Romans 8:36

(As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”)

2 Corinthians 1:10

And he did rescue us from mortal danger, and he will rescue us again. We have placed our confidence in him, and he will continue to rescue us.

2 Corinthians 1:8

We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters, about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it.

2 Corinthians 3:5

It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.

2 Corinthians 4:7

We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.

Hebrews 11:19

Abraham reasoned that if Isaac died, God was able to bring him back to life again. And in a sense, Abraham did receive his son back from the dead.