2 Corinthians 1:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Indeed, we felt within ourselves that we had received the [very] sentence of death, but that was to keep us from trusting in and depending on ourselves instead of on God Who raises the dead. American Standard Version (1901) yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead: Common English Bible It certainly seemed to us as if we had gotten the death penalty. This was so that we would have confidence in God, who raises the dead, instead of ourselves. Catholic Public Domain Version But we had within ourselves the response to death, so that we would not have faith in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But we had in ourselves the answer of death, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead. |
The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.
The one who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
I said: In the prime of my life I must go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years.
When I tell the righteous person that he will surely live, but he trusts in his righteousness and acts unjustly, then none of his righteousness will be remembered, and he will die because of the injustice he has committed.
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:
As it is written: Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered. ,
He has delivered us from such a terrible death, and he will deliver us. We have put our hope in him that he will deliver us again,
We don’t want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of our affliction that took place in Asia. We were completely overwhelmed #– #beyond our strength #– #so that we even despaired of life itself.
It is not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God.
Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.
He considered God to be able even to raise someone from the dead; therefore, he received him back, figuratively speaking.