2Cor 1:8-10, 6:4, 7:5, 11:23-30 | ESV | STEP | For we do not want you to be unaware , brothers , of the affliction we experienced in Asia . For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself .

2 Corinthians 1:8-10

8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church} of ^bthe affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us ^crely not on ourselves ^dbut on God ^ewho raises the dead. 10 ^fHe delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. ^gOn him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.

2 Corinthians 6:4

4 but ^has servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: ⁱby great endurance, ^jin afflictions, ^khardships, calamities,

2 Corinthians 7:5

5 For even ^lwhen we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn— ^mfighting without and fear within.

2 Corinthians 11:23-30

23 Are they ⁿservants of Christ? ^oI am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, ^pfar more imprisonments, ^qwith countless beatings, and ^roften near death. 24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the ^sforty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was ^tbeaten with rods. ^uOnce I was stoned. Three times I ^vwas shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26 on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, ^wdanger from my own people, ^xdanger from Gentiles, ^ydanger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; 27 ^zin toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, ^aain hunger and thirst, often without food, ^{▼▼Or often in fasting} in cold and exposure. 28 And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for ^acall the churches. 29 ^adWho is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?

30 ^aeIf I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.