2 CORINTHIANS 1:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;”
He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us — the threefold tense structure (past, present, future deliverance) traces the continuity of God's saving action across time. Paul's confidence is not optimistic presumption but grounded in demonstrated faithfulness.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 1:10
“Who delivered us out of so great deaths. ” He said not, “from so great dangers,” at once showing the insupportable severity of the trials, and confirming the doctrine I have mentioned. For whereas the Resurrection was a thing future, he shows that it happens every day: for when [God] lifts up again a man who is despaired of and has been brought to the very gates of Hades, He shows none other thing than a resurrection, snatching out of the very jaws of death him that had…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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