2Co2Cor 2 Corinthians2 Corinzi, chaptercapitolo Second Epistle to the CorinthiansSeconda Lettera ai Corinzi, chaptercapitolo 1

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia.(d)1:8 Literally in Asia; Asia was a Roman province in what is now western Turkey. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.