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For we wouldnot,brethren,haveyouignorantofourtroublewhichcame to usinAsia,that we were pressedout of measure,abovestrength,insomuch that wedespairedeven of life:
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Butwehad the sentence[a] of deathinourselves,that we shouldnottrustinourselves*, butinGodwhichraiseth the dead:
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Whodeliveredusfrom so great a death,and doth deliver: inwhom we trustthat he will*yetdeliver us;
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Yealso helping together by prayerforus,that for the gift bestowed uponusby the means of manypersons thanks may begivenbymany on our behalf.