2 Corinthians 1:7-9

New King James Version

⁷ And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that ^(A)as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation.

Delivered from Suffering

⁸ For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of ^(B)our ^[a]trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. ⁹ Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should ^(C)not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,