2 Corinthians 1:9

Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, ¹  so that we would not trust in ourselves ²  but in God who raises the dead.

Job 40:14; Ps 22:29; Ps 44:5-7; Pr 28:26; Jer 9:23,24; Jer 17:5-7; Eze 33:13; Eze 37:1-14; Lu 18:9; Ro 4:17-25; 2Co 3:5; 2Co 4:7; 2Co 4:13,14; 2Co 12:7-10; Heb 11:19

¹ tn Grk “we ourselves had the sentence of death within ourselves.” Here ἀπόκριμα (apokrima) is being used figuratively; no actual official verdict had been given, but in light of all the difficulties that Paul and his colleagues had suffered, it seemed to them as though such an official verdict had been rendered against them (L&N 56.26).

² tn Or “might not put confidence in ourselves.”