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ἀλλὰ αὐτοὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. ἑαυτοῖς τὸplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἀπόκριμα τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article θανάτου ἐσχήκαμεν, ἵνα μὴ πεποιθότες ὦμενplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. ἐφ’ ἑαυτοῖς ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article θεῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigθεὸς greek Masculine noun meaning: * A god or goddess * God τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἐγείροντι τοὺςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article νεκρούς· |
| ESV |
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.
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| NIV |
Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
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| NLT |
In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead.
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| KJV |
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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