| 8 | For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of the affliction we experienced in Asia; for we were so utterly, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself. |
| 9 | Why, we felt that we had received the sentence of death; but that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead; |
| 10 | he delivered us from so deadly a peril, and he will deliver us; on him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again. |
| 11 | You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us in answer to many prayers. |