2 Corinthians 4:9 Parallel Translations
NASB: persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; (NASB ©1995)
GWT: We're persecuted, but we're not abandoned. We're captured, but we're not killed.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
ASV: pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;
BBE: We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help;
DBY: persecuted, but not abandoned; cast down, but not destroyed;
ERV: pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;
WEY: pursued, yet never left unsuccoured; struck to the ground, yet never slain;
WBS: Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
WEB: pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
YLT: persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
2 Corinthians 4:9 Cross References
XREF:Psalm 37:24 When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, Because the LORD is the One who holds his hand.

Psalm 129:2 "Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me.

Proverbs 24:16 For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again, But the wicked stumble in time of calamity.

Micah 7:8 Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy. Though I fall I will rise; Though I dwell in darkness, the LORD is a light for me.

John 15:20 "Remember the word that I said to you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

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

Hebrews 13:5 Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, "I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU," (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
PNT: 4:8,9 In these two verses are four pairs of contrasts which should the frailty of the instruments and the greatness of the power:
(1) Troubled on every side, yet not distressed. pressed on every side (Revised Version), but not hemmed in by the pressure.
(2) Perplexed, but not in despair. In apparently overwhelming difficulties, but never reduced to despair.
(3) Persecuted, but not forsaken. Persecuted by their enemies, but not forsaken and delivered over to them.
(4) Cast down, but not destroyed. Overthrown and cast to the earth, but even then rescued from the enemy, standing over them prostrate, so that they are not destroyed.
MHC: 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.
CONC:Abandoned Attacked Cast Cruelly Destroyed Forsaken Ground Hope Low Persecuted Pursued Slain Smitten Struck Unsuccoured Yet
PREV:Abandoned Attacked Cast Cruelly Destroyed Forsaken Ground Help Hope Low Persecuted Pursued Slain Smitten Struck
NEXT:Abandoned Attacked Cast Cruelly Destroyed Forsaken Ground Help Hope Low Persecuted Pursued Slain Smitten Struck
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