2 Corinthians 1:10
What does 2 Corinthians 1:10 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Corinthians 1:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What 2 Corinthians 1:10 means
Paul testifies that God delivered him from a peril so great it threatened his life. He looks back with gratitude, sees God’s hand in the present, and sets his hope on continued deliverance. This threefold view—delivered, will deliver, and will still deliver—creates a rhythm of faith. Past mercies encourage present trust and future expectation. Hope is not wishful thinking but confidence in God’s character proven in history and experience. Paul’s focus is on God, not on escape plans. The Deliverer is the same in every season. This outlook steadies believers when outcomes are uncertain: we hope in the God who has acted, is acting, and will act for his people.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862who out of so great a death did deliver us, and doth deliver, in whom we have hoped that even yet He will deliver;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who hath delivered and doth deliver us out of so great dangers: in whom we trust that he will yet also deliver us,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890who has delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we confide that he will also yet deliver;
Context
After explaining why God allowed severe affliction—to shift trust to him—Paul declares God’s saving work across time. This anchors his ministry in God’s faithfulness rather than in changing circumstances. The next verse will invite the Corinthians into partnership through prayer, showing that their intercession is one of the means God uses to bring deliverance and multiply thanksgiving. Thus the narrative of hardship turns outward, knitting apostle and church together in worship and mutual care.
v.9yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:
v.10This passage
v.11ye also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed upon us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 7:12
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath Jehovah helped us.
- 1 Timothy 4:10
For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe.
- 2 Peter 2:9
the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;
- Romans 15:31
that I may be delivered from them that are disobedient in Judæa, and that my ministration which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;
- 1 Samuel 17:37
And David said, Jehovah that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and Jehovah shall be with thee.
- Acts 26:21
For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.
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