en_tn_condensed/2co/01/08.md

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# we do not want you to be uninformed
This can be stated in positive terms. AT: "we want you to know" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
# We were so completely crushed beyond our strength
Paul and Timothy refer to their emotions of despair being like a heavy weight they have to carry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# We were so completely crushed
The word "crushed" refers to the feeling of despair. This can be stated in active form. AT: "The troubles we experienced completely crushed us" or "We were in complete despair" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
# we had the sentence of death on us
Paul and Timothy are comparing their feeling of despair to that of someone condemned to die. AT: "we were in despair like someone who is condemned to die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# but instead in God
The words "put our trust" are left out of this phrase. AT: "but instead, to put our trust in God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
# who raises the dead
"who brings the dead back to life"
# a deadly peril
Paul compares his feeling of despair as a result of the troubles that they experienced to a deadly peril or terrible danger. AT: "despair" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/asia]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hope]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/raise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/deliverer]]