2 Corinthians 1:8-10

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁸ We do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,^[a] of the affliction we experienced in Asia; for we were so utterly, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself. ⁹ Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death so that we would rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. ¹⁰ He who rescued us from so deadly a peril will continue to rescue us; on him we have set our hope that he will rescue us again,