2 Corinthians 4:9

We suffer persecution, but are not forsaken; we are cast down, but we perish not:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

In Context

8In all things we suffer tribulation, but are not distressed; we are straitened, but are not destitute;

10Always bearing about in our body the mortification of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodies.

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Cross References

Job 22:29For he that hath been humbled, shall be in glory: and he that shall bow down his eyes, he shall be saved.

Psalms 22:1Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David.

Psalms 37:28For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints : they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall perish.

Psalms 42:11Whilst my bones are broken, my enemies who trouble me have reproached me; Whilst they say to me day be day : Where is thy God?

Isaiah 43:2When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flames shall not burn in thee:

Micah 7:8Rejoice not, thou, my enemy, over me, because I am fallen: I shall arise, 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 →

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