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2 Corinthians 1:8
New Catholic Bible
2 Corinthians 1:8
New Catholic Bible
8 Brethren, we do not want you to be unaware of the hardships we experienced[a] in Asia. The burden we endured was far too heavy for us to bear, to such an extent that we even despaired of life itself.
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- 2 Corinthians 1:8 We experienced: throughout the Letter, Paul uses the editorial plural (we, us, our, ourselves). These terms should be taken as referring to Paul alone—except where the context demonstrates otherwise. Asia: Asia Minor, with its capital at Ephesus, which was a Roman province.
