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2 Corinthians 1:9

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

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ἀλλὰallaButἀλλάconjunction — “But”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.Butαὐτοὶautoiheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inἑαυτοῖςheautoisourselvesἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “ourselves”, the to- or for-formG1438himself, herself, itself.ourselvesτὸtowhichὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “which”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.whichἀπόκριμαapokrimaverdictἀπόκριμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “verdict”, the object formG610an answer, a judicial decision.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θανάτουthanatoudeathθάνατος (thanatos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “death”, the of-formG2288death, physical or spiritual.ἐσχήκαμενeschēkamento haveἔχω (echō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, perfect active indicative, 1st person plural — “to have”, a completed action with a present resultG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.ἵναhinain order thatἵναconjunction — “in order that”G2443in order that, so that.This verse uses “in order that”.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.πεποιθότεςpepoithotesto persuadeπείθω (peithō)verb, perfect active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to persuade”, a completed action with a present resultG3982I persuade, urge.This verse uses “persuade”.ὦμενōmento beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἐφ’ephuponἐπί (epi)preposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.ἑαυτοῖςheautoismyἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “my”, the to- or for-formG1438himself, herself, itself.ἀλλ’allbutἀλλά (alla)conjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.θεῷtheōGodθεός (theos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “God”, the to- or for-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐγείροντιegeirontiraisethἐγείρω (egeirō)verb, present active participle, dative, singular, masculine — “raiseth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1453(a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up.raisethτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.νεκρούςnekrousdeadνεκρός (nekros)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “dead”, the object formG3498(a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse.This verse uses “dead”.the dead

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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,

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American Standard Version (1901)

yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:

Young’s Literal Translation

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,

World English Bible

Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

Darby Translation

But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;

Douay-Rheims

But we had in ourselves the answer of death, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead.

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