2 Corinthians 1:9

Paul felt as good as condemned to death, but this taught him to trust not in himself but in God who raises the dead. Extremity drove him to deeper reliance on God.

Cross-references · 15

• 2 Cor 3:5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
• Heb 11:19Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
• 2 Cor 4:7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
• 2 Cor 12:7–10And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
• Rom 4:17–25(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
• Ps 44:5–7Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
• Job 40:14Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
• Ezek 37:1–14The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
• Luke 18:9And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
• Prov 28:26He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
• Jer 9:23–24Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
• 2 Cor 4:13–14We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
• Jer 17:5–7Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
• Ezek 33:13When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
• Ps 22:29All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

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