2 Corinthians 1:9
but we ourselves in ourselves the sentence of the death have had, that we may not be trusting on ourselves, but on God, who is raising the dead,
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Job 40:14And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.
Psalms 44:5By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,
Jeremiah 9:23Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,
Ezekiel 33:13In My saying of the righteous: He surely liveth, And — he hath trusted on his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, All his righteous acts are not remembered, And for his perversity that he hath done, For it he doth die.
Luke 18:9And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:
2 Corinthians 3:5not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency [is] of 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 →