2 Corinthians 1:9
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9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us (A)rely not on ourselves (B)but on God (C)who raises the dead.
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2 Corinthians 3:5
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5 (A)Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but (B)our sufficiency is from God,
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Romans 4:17-25
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17 as it is written, (A)“I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, (B)who gives life to the dead and calls into existence (C)the things that do not exist. 18 In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, (D)“So shall your offspring be.” 19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was (E)as good as dead ((F)since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered (G)the barrenness[a] of Sarah's womb. 20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that (H)God was able to do what he had promised. 22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” 23 But (I)the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24 but for ours also. It will be counted to us (J)who believe in (K)him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25 (L)who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised (M)for our justification.
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- Romans 4:19 Greek deadness
2 Corinthians 4:7
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Treasure in Jars of Clay
7 But we have this treasure in (A)jars of clay, (B)to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
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Hebrews 11:19
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19 (A)He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.
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2 Corinthians 12:7-10
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7 So (A)to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,[a] (B)a thorn was given me in the flesh, (C)a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 (D)Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me, (E)“My grace is sufficient for you, for (F)my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that (G)the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 (H)For the sake of Christ, then, (I)I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For (J)when I am weak, then I am strong.
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- 2 Corinthians 12:7 Or hears from me, even because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited
Job 40:14
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14 Then will I also acknowledge to you
that your own (A)right hand can save you.
Psalm 44:5-7
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5 Through you we (A)push down our foes;
through your name we (B)tread down those who rise up against us.
6 For not in (C)my bow do I trust,
nor can my sword save me.
7 But you have saved us from our foes
and have (D)put to shame those who hate us.
Luke 18:9
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The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 He also told this parable to some (A)who trusted (B)in themselves that they were righteous, (C)and treated others with contempt:
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Proverbs 28:26
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26 Whoever (A)trusts in his own mind is a fool,
but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
Ezekiel 37:1-14
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The Valley of Dry Bones
37 (A)The hand of the Lord was upon me, and (B)he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley;[a] it was full of bones. 2 And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. 3 And he said to me, (C)“Son of man, (D)can these bones live?” And (E)I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” 4 Then he said to me, (F)“Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, (G)O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause (H)breath[b] to enter you, and you shall live. 6 (I)And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and (J)cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, (K)and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
7 So I prophesied (L)as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, (M)a rattling,[c] and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But (N)there was no breath in them. 9 Then he said to me, (O)“Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, (P)son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from (Q)the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” 10 So I prophesied (R)as he commanded me, and (S)the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
11 Then he said to me, (T)“Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and (U)our hope is lost; (V)we are indeed cut off.’ 12 Therefore (W)prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, (X)I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And (Y)I will bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And (Z)you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. 14 And (AA)I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; (AB)I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.”
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- Ezekiel 37:1 Or plain; also verse 2
- Ezekiel 37:5 Or spirit; also verses 6, 9, 10
- Ezekiel 37:7 Or an earthquake (compare 3:12, 13)
Jeremiah 9:23-24
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23 Thus says the Lord: (A)“Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, 24 but (B)let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. (C)For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”
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2 Corinthians 4:13-14
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Ezekiel 33:13
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13 Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet (A)if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die.
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Jeremiah 17:5-7
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5 Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man (A)who trusts in man
and makes flesh his strength,[a]
whose heart turns away from the Lord.
6 (B)He is like a shrub in the desert,
(C)and shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
in (D)an uninhabited salt land.
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- Jeremiah 17:5 Hebrew arm
Psalm 22:29
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29 All (A)the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
before him shall (B)bow all who go down to the dust,
even the one who could not (C)keep himself alive.
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