2 Corinthians 4:9
We suffer persecution, yet we have not been abandoned. We are thrown down, yet we do not perish.
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In The King James Version
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
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Cross References
Job 22:29For he who had been humbled, will be in glory; and he who will lower his eyes, will be the one saved.
Psalms 22:1A Psalm of David. The Lord directs me, and nothing will be lacking to me.
Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not cover you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not scorch you.
Micah 7:8You, my enemy, should not rejoice over me because I have fallen. I will rise up, when I sit in darkness. The Lord is my light.
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 →