2 Corinthians 1:9 (YLT)

Passage

but we ourselves in ourselves the sentence of the death have had, that we may not be trusting on ourselves, but on God, who is raising the dead,

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 1:7 and our hope <FI>is<Fi> stedfast for you, knowing that even as ye are partakers of the sufferings--so also of the comfort.

2 Corinthians 1:8 For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation that happened to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly burdened above <FI>our<Fi> power, so that we despaired even of life;

2 Corinthians 1:9 but we ourselves in ourselves the sentence of the death have had, that we may not be trusting on ourselves, but on God, who is raising the dead,

2 Corinthians 1:10 who out of so great a death did deliver us, and doth deliver, in whom we have hoped that even yet He will deliver;

2 Corinthians 1:11 ye working together also for us by your supplication, that the gift through many persons to us, through many may be thankfully acknowledged for us.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "ourselves", "sentence", "death", "trusting", "raising", and "dead". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "ourselves" and "sentence", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "For we do not wish you to..." into verse 10's "who out of so great a death...", so "ourselves" and "sentence" belong inside that flow. In 2 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "ourselves" and "sentence" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.