Moffatt(i)
8 Now I would like you to know about the distress which befell me in Asia, brothers. I was crushed, crushed far more than I could stand, so much so that I despaired even of life;
9 in fact I told myself it was the sentence of death. But that was to make me rely not on myself but on the God who raises the dead;
10 he rescued me from so terrible a death, he rescues still, and I rely upon him for the hope that he will continue to rescue me.
11 Let me have your cooperation in prayer, so that many a soul may render thanks to him on my behalf for the boon which many have been the means of him bestowing on myself.