2 Corinthians 1:8-11
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
For We Despaired Even of Living, But God Delivered Us, And Will Deliver Us
8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, with-reference-to our affliction having taken place in Asia[a], that we were burdened[b] extremely beyond our power, so that we despaired[c] even of living. 9 But we had[d] the sentence of death in ourselves in order that we should not be trusting in ourselves, but in God, the One raising the dead, 10 Who delivered us from so great a death[e], and will deliver us; in Whom we have put our hope that He will indeed[f] still deliver us— 11 you also joining-in-helping in your prayer for us— in-order-that thanks might be given on our behalf by many faces[g] as to the gift granted to us through many prayers.
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- 2 Corinthians 1:8 That is, in Ephesus after 1 Cor 16:8-9.
- 2 Corinthians 1:8 Or, weighed down.
- 2 Corinthians 1:8 Or, were utterly at a loss. That is, they could not see how they would survive the danger facing them.
- 2 Corinthians 1:9 The grammar implies it was true then and continues to be true now.
- 2 Corinthians 1:10 That is, a peril of death.
- 2 Corinthians 1:10 Or, also, even.
- 2 Corinthians 1:11 That is, persons viewed as looking up to God in prayer.
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