Catholic Public Domain Version
"But we had within ourselves the response to death, so that we would not have faith in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. "
— 2 Corinthians 1:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:”
“yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead: ”
“Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,”
“Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.”
“But we had in ourselves the answer of death, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead.”
“Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to 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:”
So, if we are in tribulation, it is for your exhortation and salvation, or if we are in consolation, it is for your consolation, or if we are exhorted, it is for your exhortation and salvation, which results in the patient endurance of the same passion which we also endure.
So may our hope for you be made firm, knowing that, just as you are participants in the suffering, so also shall you be participants in the consolation.
For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our tribulation, which happened to us in Asia. For we were weighed down beyond measure, beyond our strength, so that we became weary, even of life itself.
But we had within ourselves the response to death, so that we would not have faith in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
He has rescued us, and he is rescuing us, from great peril. In him, we hope that he will continue to rescue us.
And you are assisting, with your prayers for us, so that from many persons, by that which is a gift in us, thanks may be given through many persons, because of us.
For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, which is found in simplicity of heart and in sincerity toward God. And it is not with worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that we have conversed with this world, and more abundantly toward you.