2 Corinthians 1:9

The Passion Translation

It felt like we had a death sentence written upon our hearts, and we still feel it to this day. It has taught us to lose all faith in ourselves and to place all of our trust in the God who raises the dead.

Cross References

Psalm 22:29

The wealthy of this world will feast in fellowship with him right alongside the humble of heart, bowing down to the dust, forsaking their own souls. They will all come and worship this worthy King!

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked are crushed by every calamity, but the righteous find a strong hope in the time of death.

Proverbs 28:26

Self-confident know-it-alls will prove to be fools. But when you lean on the wisdom from above, you will have a way to escape the troubles of your own making.

Isaiah 38:10

I was dying in the prime of life. I thought, “Must I leave this world now? Must I go through the gates of death and miss out on the rest of my years?”

Ezekiel 33:13

Suppose I say to a righteous person: ‘You will certainly live,’ but then he becomes confident in his righteousness and turns away and willfully sins; none of the good things he has done in the past will be remembered. He will die in his sins.

Luke 18:9

Jesus taught this parable to those who were convinced they were morally upright and to those who trusted in their own virtue yet looked down on others with disgust:

Romans 8:36

even though it is written: All day long we face death threats for your sake, God. We are considered to be nothing more than sheep to be slaughtered!

2 Corinthians 1:10

He has rescued us from terrifying encounters with death. And now we fasten our hopes on him to continue to deliver us from death yet again,

2 Corinthians 1:8

Brothers and sisters, you need to know about the severe trials we experienced while we were in western Turkey. All of the hardships we passed through crushed us beyond our ability to endure, and we were so completely overwhelmed that we were about to give up entirely.

2 Corinthians 3:5

Yet we don’t see ourselves as capable enough to do anything in our own strength, for our true competence flows from God’s empowering presence.

2 Corinthians 4:7

We are like common clay jars that carry this glorious treasure within, so that this immeasurable power will be seen as God’s, not ours.

Hebrews 11:19

Abraham’s faith made it logical to him that God could raise Isaac from the dead, and symbolically, that’s exactly what happened.