2 Corinthians 1:10

from so great a death i.e. from so great peril of death. St Paul speaks of the liability to deathas death. Cf. ch. 2 Corinthians 4:11-12. Some regard it as equivalent to -so terrible a death." Yet surely the modeof death was a matter of trifling consequence to one like St Paul. See Philippians 1:21-23. Also ch. 2 Corinthians 11:23.

and doth deliver These words are wanting in many MSS.

we trust Literally, we have hoped, i.e. with Erasmus, spem fixam habemus. The word here translated -trust" is not the same as that so translated in the preceding verse.