G1820–ἐξαπορέω–exaporeō

For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

ἐξαπορηθῆναι exaporēthēnai “to despair”

Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;

ἐξαπορούμενοι, exaporoumenoi “despairing,”