2 Corinthians 1:8-9 For we would wish you to know, my brethren, about the trouble we had in Asia Minor, for we were greatly oppressed beyond our strength; insomuch that we despaired of our lives:

Lamsa⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁸ For we would wish you to know, my brethren, about the trouble we had in Asia Minor, for we were greatly oppressed beyond our strength; insomuch that we despaired of our lives: ⁹ And we decided to die, not trusting in ourselves but in God who raises the dead: