2 Corinthians 1:8
King James Version
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6And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.Select 2 Corinthians 1:6
7And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.Select 2 Corinthians 1:7
8For 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:Select 2 Corinthians 1:8
9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:Select 2 Corinthians 1:9
10Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;Select 2 Corinthians 1:10
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WEB
1:8 For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.
ASV
1:8 For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
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