# 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

Here to raise is an idiom for causing someone who has died to become alive again. AT: "who causes the dead to live again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])