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2 Corinthians 1:7-9
Lexham English Bible
2 Corinthians 1:7-9
Lexham English Bible
7 And our hope for you is firm, because we[a] know that as you are sharers in the sufferings, so also you will be sharers in the comfort.
8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction that happened in the province of Asia,[b] that we were burdened to an extraordinary degree, beyond our strength, so that we were in despair even of living. 9 But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we would not be putting confidence in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,
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- 2 Corinthians 1:7 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“is”) which is understood as causal
- 2 Corinthians 1:8 A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)
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