Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believ
or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my fle
Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can save you.
He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealt
To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and i
And in keeping with what is written, “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also be
If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his he
All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—even those unable to