2 Corinthians 1:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, of our pressure which came to us in Asia, that we were weighed down, exceedingly, beyond ability, so that we despaired even of life.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ For we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about the affliction and oppressing distress which befell us in [the province of] Asia, how we were so utterly and unbearably weighed down and crushed that we despaired even of life [itself].

American Standard Version (1901)

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:

Common English Bible

⁸ Brothers and sisters, we don’t want you to be unaware of the troubles that we went through in Asia. We were weighed down with a load of suffering that was so far beyond our strength that we were afraid we might not survive.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our tribulation, which happened to us in Asia. For we were weighed down beyond measure, beyond our strength, so that we became weary, even of life itself.

2 Corinthians 1:8 Cross References

Acts 16:6

And having passed through Phrygia and the Galatian country, they were forbidden by the Set-apart Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

Acts 19:41

And having said this, he dismissed the assembly.

Acts 2:9

“Parthians and Medes and Ě

Romans 1:13

And I do not wish you to be unaware, brothers, that I often purposed to come to you, but was hindered until now, in order to have some fruit among you, as also among the other gentiles.

1 Corinthians 15:32

If, as men do, I have fought with beasts at Ephesos, of what good is it to me? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

1 Corinthians 16:9

For a great and effective door has opened to me, and many are opposing.

1 Corinthians 4:8

You are already satisfied! You are already enriched! You have reigned as sovereigns, apart from us! And I wish, indeed, you did reign, that we also might reign with you!

2 Corinthians 1:9

Indeed, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in Elohim who raises the dead,

2 Corinthians 6:9

as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying, and see, we live; as disciplined, and yet not killed;

1 Samuel 20:3

But Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 27:1

And Dawiḏ