Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as [being] from ourselves, but our sufficiency [is] from God,

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.

And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Then I will also confess to you That your own right hand can save you.

All the prosperous of the earth Shall eat and worship; All those who go down to the dust Shall bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep himself alive.

Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.

But You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to shame those who hated us.

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But whoever walks wisely will be delivered.

Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty [man] glory in his might, Nor let the rich [man] glory in his riches;

But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I [am] the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight," says the LORD.

Thus says the LORD: "Cursed [is] the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the LORD.

"Blessed [is] the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD.

"When I say to the righteous [that] he shall surely live, but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die.

Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak,

knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present [us] with you.

The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it [was] full of bones.

And He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" So I answered, "O Lord GOD, You know."

'Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: "Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.

So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone.

Also He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live." ' "

Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, 'Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!'

"Then you shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves.

(as it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations") in the presence of Him whom he believed -- God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;

And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.

Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him,

who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.

concluding that God [was] able to raise [him] up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.