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2 Corinthians 1:9

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1:9Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us,17 so that we would not trust in ourselves18 but in God who raises the dead.

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  1. 17 Grk “we ourselves had the sentence of death within ourselves.” Here ἀπόκριμα (apokrima) is being used figuratively; no actual official verdict had been given, but in light of all the difficulties that Paul and his colleagues had suffered, it seemed to them as though such an official verdict had been rendered against them (L&N 56.26).
  2. 18 Or “might not put confidence in ourselves.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we would not be putting confidence in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

KJV 1900King 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: