2 Corinthians 1:9

Indeed , we felt that we had received the sentence of death . But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead .

Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises 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 :