1:8 For we do
not want you to be
unaware,
brothers and sisters,
regarding the
affliction that
happened to
us in the province of
Asia,
that we were
burdened excessively,
beyond our
strength,
so that we despaired even of
living.
9 Indeed we
felt as if the
sentence of
death had been passed
against us,
so that we would
not trust in ourselves but in God who
raises the
dead.
10 He
delivered us from so great a risk of
death,
and he will
deliver us. We have
set our
hope on him that he will
deliver us
yet again,
11 as
you also join in helping us by
prayer,
so that many people may
give thanks to God
on our behalf for the
gracious gift given
to us through the help of
many.
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