2 Corinthians 4:9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

English Standard Version
persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

New American Standard Bible
persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

King James Bible
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
we are persecuted but not abandoned; we are struck down but not destroyed.

International Standard Version
persecuted but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed.

American Standard Version
pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;

Douay-Rheims Bible
We suffer persecution, but are not forsaken; we are cast down, but we perish not:

Darby Bible Translation
persecuted, but not abandoned; cast down, but not destroyed;

Young's Literal Translation
persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

Cross References

Psalm 37:24
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

Psalm 129:2
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

Proverbs 24:16
For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Micah 7:8
Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me.

Habakkuk 3:17
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

John 15:20
Remember the word that I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

Romans 8:35
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

2 Timothy 3:12
Yes, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

4:8-12 The apostles were great sufferers, yet they met with wonderful support. Believers may be forsaken of their friends, as well as persecuted by enemies; but their God will never leave them nor forsake them. There may be fears within, as well as fightings without; yet we are not destroyed. The apostle speaks of their sufferings as a counterpart of the sufferings of Christ, that people might see the power of Christ's resurrection, and of grace in and from the living Jesus. In comparison with them, other Christians were, even at that time, in prosperous circumstances.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

9. not forsaken—by God and man. Jesus was forsaken by both; so much do His sufferings exceed those of His people (Mt 27:46).

cast down—or "struck down"; not only "persecuted," that is, chased as a deer or bird (1Sa 26:20), but actually struck down as with a dart in the chase (Heb 11:35-38). The Greek "always" in this verse means, "throughout the whole time"; in 2Co 4:11 the Greek is different, and means, "at every time," "in every case when the occasion occurs."