2 Corinthians 4:9
persecuted but not forsaken, cast down but not destroyed.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
In Context
8restricted in everything, yet not confined, perplexed but not despairing,
Cross References
Job 22:29When they cast [thee] down, thou shall say, [There is] lifting up, and he will save the humble man.
Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me, far from helping me, [and] the words of my groaning?
Psalms 37:28For LORD loves justice, and forsakes not his sanctified. They are preserved forever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms 42:11Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And why are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance, and my God.
Isaiah 43:2When thou pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. When thou walk through the fire, thou shall not be burned, nor shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Micah 7:8Rejoice not against me, O my enemy. When I fall, I shall arise. When I sit in darkness, LORD will be a light to me.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 4:9-18
The Apostles' Sufferings and Supports. ( a. d. 57.) 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in… Read the whole commentary →