2 Corinthians 4:9

9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

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2 Corinthians 4:9 in Other Translations

KJV

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

ESV

9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

NLT

9 We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.

MSG

9 but we know that God knows what to do; we've been spiritually terrorized, but God hasn't left our side; we've been thrown down, but we haven't broken.

CSB

9 we are persecuted but not abandoned; we are struck down but not destroyed.

2 Corinthians 4:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 4:9

Persecuted, but not forsaken
Pursued from place to place, and followed with menaces, curses, and reproaches; laid hold on, proscribed, imprisoned, and threatened with the severest tortures, and death itself; but our God never leaves us nor forsakes us; though we are followed close by evil men, and left by our friends, we are not forsaken of God:

cast down
we sometimes are, as an earthen vessel; ( 2 Corinthians 4:7 ) , which may be cast out of a man's hands, in order to be dashed to pieces; or as a man in wrestling, see ( Ephesians 6:12 ) may be thrown to the ground by his antagonist, so we are sometimes foiled by sin, Satan, and the world:

but not destroyed;
we are still safe in the hands of Christ, and are kept by the power of God; and, indeed, to what else can all this be ascribed? it is surprising that earthen vessels should bear and suffer so much, and not fall, or be dashed to pieces.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible