2 Corinthians 1:9

and because of these we had concluded (for) death; that we should not have hope in ourselves, but in Aloha, who raiseth the dead:

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

In Context

8FOR I would have you to know, my brethren, of the affliction that befell us in Asia: for we were greatly pressed beyond our strength, until our life was nigh to be dissolved,

10who from deaths of violence delivered us, and who will again, we trust, deliver us,

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Cross References

Luke 18:9And he spake this parable against some who trusted in themselves that they were just, and despised all (men):

2 Corinthians 3:5For we are not sufficient to think any thing as of ourselves; but our power is from Aloha,

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 →

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