2 Corinthians 4:9
7 Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
8 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
11 For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
- KJV
- Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
- WEB
- pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
- ASV
- pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;
- DARBY
- persecuted, but not abandoned; cast down, but not destroyed;
- BLB
- being persecuted but not being forsaken, being struck down but not being destroyed,
- ÅB
- forfulgt, men ikke oppgitt, nedslått, men ikke tilintetgjort -
- OTB
- Forfulgt, men ikke forlatt; slått ned, men ikke ødelagt;
- B1930
- forfulgt, men ikke opgitt, nedslått, men ikke tilintetgjort -
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
Read in contextMicah 7:8
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
Read in contextPsalms 37:24–25
Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
Read in contextProverbs 24:16
For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
Read in contextPsalms 42:11
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Read in contextIsaiah 62:4
No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.
Read in contextHebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:6
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
Read in context