Study it in the app“For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of our affliction that came about in Asia: that we were weighed down utterly, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.”
Forγὰρwe do notΟὐwantθέλομενyouὑμᾶςto be unaware,ἀγνοεῖνbrothers,ἀδελφοίofὑπὲρour afflictionτῆς θλίψεως ἡμῶνthatτῆςcame aboutγενομένηςinἐνAsia:τῇ Ἀσίᾳthatὅτιwe were weighed downἐβαρήθημενutterly,καθ’ ὑπερβολὴνbeyondὑπὲρourstrength,δύναμινso thatὥστεweἡμᾶςdespairedἐξαπορηθῆναιevenκαὶof living.τοῦ ζῆν
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelomen” appearsnot know
To lack knowledge, or act in the dark.
Where else “agnoein” appearsbrother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appearstrouble, affliction
Affliction, distress, pressure.
Where else “thlipseōs” appearshappen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “genomenēs” appearsAsia
See it on the mapWhere else “Asiai” appearsbe heavy, weigh down
Weigh down, burden; in the passive, be heavy, be weighed down.
Where else “ebarēthēmen” appearssurpassing, beyond measure
Excess, surpassing greatness; "beyond measure", exceedingly.
Where else “hyperbolēn” appearspower
The strength to act, above all that of God and his Spirit.
Where else “dynamin” appearsso that
So much that, to the point that.
Where else “hōste” appearsdespair
Despair: lose all hope, see no way out at all.
Where else “exaporēthēnai” appearslive
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zēn” appearsThe text does not say what this affliction was.
Asia
Today: western Turkey (western Anatolia)
A Roman province in what is now western Turkey, with Ephesus as its main city.
Paul taught two years in Ephesus, and everyone in the province heard the word of the Lord (Acts 19:10). The seven assemblies of Revelation were there (Rev 1:4).
7And our hope for you is firm, because we know that as you are partners in the sufferings, so also you are in the comfort.
8 · This verse (above)
9But we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, so that we would not be trusting in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,
