Koro nnyin ikpamaŋa mbufo etre ndifiɔk, nditɔ-ete, mbaŋa ukut emi ɔkɔwɔrɔde ɔnɔ nnyin ke Asia. Ekɔsɔŋɔ efik nnyin eti-eti, akan nte ikemede ndibiom, tutu iduɔk idori-enyin ite iyedu uwem:
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: