2 Corinthians 1:8-11 "God Who Raises the Dead"

Paul had gone to Corinth on his second missionary journey…and taught there 18 months.
When he left…he wrote to them from Ephesus that he would return…but he did not.
So, they were angry with Paul…and he tries to clear things up in this letter.
He gives his reason for not coming when he said he would.

He faced a severe trial in Ephesus…we do not know the details of what happened…
But he could be referring to a number of things that happened to him.
It isn’t important what happened…what’s important is how it affected him.
Paul and Timothy were so utterly burdened, that word means pressed, or weighted down…as in being under tremendous pressure.
To the point that was beyond their strength to endure, and they despaired of life itself.
Whatever they faced…it was so heavy…that they thought they would not make it through.