And our hope(A) for you is firm, because we know that as you share(B) in the sufferings, so you will also share in the comfort.

We don’t want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of our affliction that took place in Asia.(C) We were completely overwhelmed—beyond our strength(D)—so that we even despaired(E) of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God(F) who raises(G) the dead.

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And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings,(A) so also you share in our comfort.

We do not want you to be uninformed,(B) brothers and sisters,[a] about the troubles we experienced(C) in the province of Asia.(D) We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God,(E) who raises the dead.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:8 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 8:1; 13:11.