...depend. Your experience under these circumstances may be somewhat similar to that of Paul when he said, " We were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch...trust in ourselves but in God which raiseth the dead." The object of God's dealings with you is revealed. You must not trust in yourself. All self-righteousness...

...of the enemy, the working of Satan. In chapter 1 he refers to tribulation and sufferings, to being "pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life" (vv. 48). In chapter 2 we hear him tell of heaviness (v. 1), of being sorry (v. 3), of "much affliction...

...xxiv. 15. That there shall be a resurrection of the dead both of the just and unjust. 2 Cor. i. 9. But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead. If any declaration can be adverse to the existence of a separate soul, this is....

...the narrative of Acts. "If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus." And again: "trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed...strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life." These words certainly suggest a more dangerous situation than the riot described in Acts. Professor...

...had recently been facing. There was first of all, a desperate situation: "For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us...that we were pressed out of measure, above strength" (1:8a). The word for "pressed" is bared, which means to be "weighed down." Paul says that he was completely...

...must comprehend the truth of salvation in its three-fold deliverance. Three Types of Deliverance Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust...

...writing again to the Corinthians: "For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation which came to us in Asia: that we were pressed out of measure above our strength, so that we were weary even of life" (2 Cor. 1:8). Some modern interpreters conclude,...

...that even he despaired of life itself, as he writes to the Corinthians, "For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us...strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life" (2 Corinthians 1:8). Since this may happen to all of us, we are exhorted to encourage one another daily...

...tribulation, we see that a by-product of the trouble was a dependance on God. 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us...strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God...

...which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Paul said in 2 Corinthians 1:9-11, NKJV Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust...