2 Corinthians 1:9
7 And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
8 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
11 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
- KJV
- But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
- WEB
- Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,
- ASV
- 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:
- DARBY
- But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;
- BLB
- But we have had in ourselves the sentence of death, so that we should not be trusting in ourselves, but in God, the One raising the dead,
- ÅB
- ja, vi hadde oppgjort med oss selv at vi måtte dø, for at vi ikke skulle sette vår lit til oss selv, men til Gud, som vekker opp de døde,
- OTB
- Ja, vi hadde i oss selv fått dødsdommen, for at vi ikke skulle stole på oss selv, men på Gud, som oppvekker de døde;
- B1930
- ja, vi hadde opgjort med oss selv at vi måtte dø, forat vi ikke skulde sette vår lit til oss selv, men til Gud, som opvekker de døde,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:7
Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
Read in contextHebrews 11:19
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:7–10
or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
Read in contextRomans 4:17–25
As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
Read in contextJob 40:14
Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can save you.
Read in contextPsalms 44:5–7
Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
Read in contextEzekiel 37:1–14
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
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