2 Corinthians 1:8

FOR I would have you to know, my brethren, of the affliction that befell us in Asia: for we were greatly pressed beyond our strength, until our life was nigh to be dissolved,

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

In Context

7And our hope concerning you is steadfast: for we know that if you participate in the sufferings, you also participate in the consolation.

9and because of these we had concluded (for) death; that we should not have hope in ourselves, but in Aloha, who raiseth the dead:

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Cross References

Acts 19:23BUT there was made at that time a great tumult on account of the way of Aloha.

1 Corinthians 4:8Now you are satiated, and are rich, and without us have reigned. But I would that you did reign, that we might also reign with you!

1 Corinthians 16:9For a great door is opened to me, which is full of labours, and the opposers are many.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 1:8-12

Paul's Sincerity and Affliction. ( a. d. 57.) 7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: 10 Who delivered us from so great a… Read the whole commentary →

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