Yea (αλλα). Confirmatory use as in 7:11, rather than adversative.

The answer of death (το αποκριμα του θαν…

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves. The marginal reading is "answer." The word rendered "sentence" (apokrima) properly…

We had the sentence of death in ourselves.—The word translated “sentence” (apokrima) does not occur elsewhere in the New Testamen…

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: who delivered us from …

In his estimation Paul had received a death sentence (the word used can refer to an official verdict) from which there was no reprieve. But in the …

Nay more, we had the sentence of death. This is as if to say, “I had already resigned myself to dying, or had regarded it as a settled mat…

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves
By the sentence of death is meant, not any decree of heaven, or appoin…

We are encouraged to come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. The Lord is able to give …

After showing that the Lord comforts His servants—that is, the ministers of the faith and preachers—in their tribulations, the Apostle now shows th…