⁸ We do not want you to be uninformed,^(A) brothers and sisters,^[a] about the troubles we experienced^(B) in the province of Asia.^(C) We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself.

¹⁰ He has delivered us from such a deadly peril,^(A) and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope^(B) that he will continue to deliver us,

¹¹ For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake,^(A) so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body.