Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
Parallel translations
- WEB who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver; on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
- BSB He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
- NKJV who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us,
- NASB who rescued us from so great a danger of death, and will rescue us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us,
- NLT And he did rescue us from mortal danger, and he will rescue us again. We have placed our confidence in him, and he will continue to rescue us.
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Quick answer
God delivered Paul from a deadly peril, continues to deliver him, and is the One on whom he sets his future hope. Past deliverance fuels present and future confidence.
Overview
Paul speaks of God's rescue in three tenses: He delivered, He delivers, He will deliver. This shows a settled trust that God's saving character is unchanging across past, present, and future. Such confidence flows from the gospel, where the God who raised Christ proves Himself faithful to deliver His people to the end.
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- 1 Tim 4:10For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
- Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
- 2 Pet 2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
- 1 Sam 17:37David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
- Rom 15:31That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
- 2 Tim 4:17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
- Acts 26:21For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
- Job 5:17–22Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
- Isa 46:3Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
- 1 Sam 7:12Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
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