2 Corinthians 4:9

though pursued, never abandoned; though struck down, never killed!

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

In Context

8Though hard pressed on every side, we are never hemmed in; though perplexed, never driven to despair;

10We always bear on our bodies the marks of the death that Jesus died, so that the life also of Jesus may be exhibited in our bodies.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you left me, my rescue so far from the words of my roaring?

Psalms 37:28For the Lord loves justice, he does not forsake his friends. The unrighteous will be destroyed forever, and the seed of the wicked will be cut off.

Psalms 42:11Why am I downcast? Why this moaning within me? Hope in God; for yet will I praise him, my help, my God.

Micah 7:8Do not rejoice over me, my enemy. If I have fallen, I will rise. If 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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