2 Corinthians 1:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death so that we would rely not on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

Cross References

Job 40:14

Then I will also acknowledge to you that your own right hand can give you victory.

Psalm 22:29

To him, indeed, shall all who sleep in the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and I shall live for him.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked are overthrown by their evildoing, but the righteous find a refuge in their integrity.

Proverbs 28:26

Those who trust in their own wits are fools, but those who walk in wisdom come through safely.

Isaiah 38:10

I said: In the noontide of my days I must depart; I am consigned to the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years.

Ezekiel 33:13

Though I say to the righteous that they shall surely live, yet if they trust in their righteousness and commit iniquity, none of their righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in the iniquity that they have committed they shall die.

Luke 18:9

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt:

Romans 8:36

As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.”

2 Corinthians 1:10

He who rescued us from so deadly a peril will continue to rescue us; on him we have set our hope that he will rescue us again,

2 Corinthians 1:8

We do not want you to be ignorant, brothers and sisters, of the affliction we experienced in Asia, for we were so utterly, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself.

2 Corinthians 3:5

Not that we are qualified of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our qualification is from God,

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

Hebrews 11:19

He considered the fact that God is able even to raise someone from the dead—and, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.