2 Corinthians 1:9

New International Reader’s Version (1998)Other versions

English

⁹In fact, in our hearts we felt as if we were under the sentence of death.

But that happened so that we would not depend on ourselves but on God. He raises the dead to life.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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,

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

Public Domain