2 Corinthians 1 9
We ourselves thought that we would certainly die. We knew that we could not trust our own strength. We had to trust God. He is the one who causes dead people to rise up to new life. So we could trust him to make us strong.
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AMP 2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, we felt within ourselves that we had received the sentence of death [and were convinced that we would die, but this happened] so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead.
GNV 2 Corinthians 1:9Yea, we receiued the sentence of death in our selues, because we shoulde not trust in our selues, but in God, which rayseth the dead.
CSB 2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, 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.