2 Corinthians 1:10

who rescued us from imminent death: and we hope that he will again rescue us,

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

In Context

9And we passed a sentence of death upon ourselves, that our confidence might not be in ourselves, but in God, who raiseth up the dead;

11by the aid of your prayers in our behalf; so that his gift to us may be a favor done for the sake of many, and many may praise him on our account.

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Cross References

Acts 26:21And on account of these things, the Jews seized me in the temple, and sought to kill me.

1 Timothy 4:10For on this account, we toil and suffer reproach; because we trust in the living God, who is the life-giver of all men, especially of the believers.

2 Peter 2:9the Lord knoweth how to rescue from afflictions those who fear him; and he will reserve the wicked for the day of judgment to be tormented,

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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