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

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Jer. 17:5,7• ⁵Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that confideth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.
⁷Blessed is the man that confideth in Jehovah, and whose confidence Jehovah is. (Jer. 17:5,7)

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2 Cor. 3:5• ⁵not that we are competent of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our competency is of God; (2 Cor. 3:5)

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2 Cor. 4:7• ⁷But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be of God, and not from us: (2 Cor. 4:7)

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2 Cor. 12:7‑10• ⁷And that I might not be exalted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted.
⁸For this I thrice besought the Lord that it might depart from me.
⁹And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for my power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me.
¹⁰Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits, for Christ: for when I am weak, then I am powerful. (2 Cor. 12:7‑10)

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Job 40:14• ¹⁴Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee. (Job 40:14)

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Psa. 22:29• ²⁹All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul. (Psa. 22:29)

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Psa. 44:5‑7• ⁵Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
⁶For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
⁷For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us. (Psa. 44:5‑7)

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Prov. 28:26• ²⁶He that confideth in his own heart is a fool; but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. (Prov. 28:26)

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Jer. 9:23‑24• ²³Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches:
²⁴but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 9:23‑24)

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Jer. 17:5‑7• ⁵Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that confideth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.
⁶And he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but he shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.
⁷Blessed is the man that confideth in Jehovah, and whose confidence Jehovah is. (Jer. 17:5‑7)

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Ezek. 33:13• ¹³When I say to the righteous that he shall certainly live, and he trusteth to his righteousness and doeth what is wrong, none of his righteous acts shall be remembered; but in his unrighteousness which he hath done, in it shall he die. (Ezek. 33:13)

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Luke 18:9• ⁹And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest of men, this parable: (Luke 18:9)

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2 Cor. 4:13‑14• ¹³And having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, I have believed, therefore have I spoken; *we* also believe, therefore also we speak;
¹⁴knowing that he who has raised the Lord Jesus shall raise us also with Jesus, and shall present us with you. (2 Cor. 4:13‑14)

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Ezek. 37:1‑14• ¹The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and Jehovah carried me out in the Spirit, and set me down in the midst of a valley; and it was full of bones.
²And he caused me to pass by them round about; and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and behold, they were very dry.
³And he said unto me, Son of man, Shall these bones live? And I said, Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.
⁴And he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, Ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah.
⁵Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.
⁶And I will put sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
⁷And I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a rustling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
⁸And I looked, and behold, sinews and flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them.
⁹And he said unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
¹⁰And I prophesied as he had commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
¹¹And he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off!
¹²Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O my people, and bring you into the land of Israel.
¹³And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have opened your graves, and have caused you to come up out of your graves, O my people.
¹⁴And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that I Jehovah have spoken, and have done it, saith Jehovah. (Ezek. 37:1‑14)

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Rom. 4:17‑25• ¹⁷(according as it is written, I have made thee father of many nations,) before the God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls the things which be not as being;
¹⁸who against hope believed in hope to his becoming father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be:
¹⁹and not being weak in faith, he considered not his own body already become dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadening of Sarah's womb,
²⁰and hesitated not at the promise of God through unbelief; but found strength in faith, giving glory to God;
²¹and being fully persuaded that what he has promised he is able also to do;
²²wherefore also it was reckoned to him as righteousness.
²³Now it was not written on his account alone that it was reckoned to him,
²⁴but on ours also, to whom, believing on him who has raised from among the dead Jesus our Lord,
²⁵who has been delivered for our offences and has been raised for our justification, it will be reckoned. (Rom. 4:17‑25)

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Heb. 11:19• ¹⁹counting that God was able to raise him even from among the dead, whence also he received him in a figure. (Heb. 11:19)

• The apostle bowed to it all along, and hence was above all that Satan could do, for he has no power beyond death, and was utterly baffled by the faith which accepted such a sentence. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 1:8-14” by W. Kelly)

• It is the power of the resurrection brought into the present, so as not to shrink from, but to retain, the sentence of death in himself. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 1:8-14” by W. Kelly)

• The beginning of this epistle presents the experimental power of that which is doctrinally taught in Romans 5:12 to chapter 8, and is extremely instructive in this respect. (“2 Corinthians 1” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but inc God who raises the dead;

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* Lit. "the God who raises," etc.

W. Kelly Translation

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But we ourselves have had in ourselves the sentencea of death, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God that raiseth the dead,

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I see no reason to doubt that "sentence," not "answer" is the true meaning.