2 Corinthians 1:8

for we-are_not_will-ing you to-be-without-knowing, brothers, over/for-the-sake of{the pressure/constriction/oppression, the become} of{us} in to{the Asia}, that according-to over-cast/inordinate-ness/disproportionate-ness over enablement/empowerment we-are-weighted such-as us to-be-perplexed-out also of{the} to-be-being-alive.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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

7having-beheld that as you-are-being in-common/partners of{the suffer-effects}, the-same-ly also of{the call-aside-sis[i.e. state of calling aside]},

9Contrariwise, same[we] have-had in to{sameselves} the judge-off/away-effect of{the death}, in-which-place we-may-be-being not having-confidence upon to{sameselves}; contrariwise, upon to{the God, the rousing} the[plural] dead,

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Cross References

Acts 19:23Moreover, according-to the season, the-there, not [a] scant disturbance becomes about of{the way},

1 Corinthians 4:8Already you-are-being having-been-satiated. Already you-are-rich. Apart-from of{us} you-reign, and owed/ought yet you-reign in-which-place also we may-reign-together to{you},

1 Corinthians 16:9for [a] door has-opened-up/anew to{me}, large and workable/active/operative, and many [are] being-lain-opposed.

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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