2 Corinthians 1:9
But we ourselves have had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we should not be trusting in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead.
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Job 40:14Then I will also confess of thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Psalms 44:5Through thee we will push down our adversaries. Through thy name we will tread them under who rise up against us.
Jeremiah 9:23Thus says LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might. Let not the rich man glory in his riches,
Ezekiel 33:13When I say to the righteous man, that he shall surely live, if he trusts his righteousness, and commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his iniquity that he has committed, in it he shall die.
Luke 18:9And he also spoke this parable to some of those who were persuaded in themselves that they were righteous, and disdained other men.
2 Corinthians 3:5not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 1:8-12
Paul's Sincerity and Affliction. ( a. d. 57.) 7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: 10 Who delivered us from so great a… Read the whole commentary →