2 Corinthians 1:10 (DBY)

Passage

who has delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we confide that he will also yet deliver;

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 1:8 For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened [to us] in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond [our] power, so as to despair even of living.

2 Corinthians 1:9 But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;

2 Corinthians 1:10 who has delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we confide that he will also yet deliver;

2 Corinthians 1:11 ye also labouring together by supplication for us that the gift towards us, through means of many persons, may be the subject of the thanksgiving of many for us.

2 Corinthians 1:12 For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "delivered", "great", "death", "does", and "confide". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "delivered" and "great", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "But we ourselves had the sentence of..." into verse 11's "ye also labouring together by supplication for...", so "delivered" and "great" belong inside that flow. In 2 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "delivered" and "great" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.