2 CORINTHIANS 4:9

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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2 Corinthians 4:9 Translation & Meaning

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Persecuted, διωκόμενοι To pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute Persecuted
but ἀλλ' Properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) but
not οὐκ The absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not not
forsaken; ἐγκαταλειπόμενοι To leave behind in some place, i.e., (in a good sense) let remain over, or (in a bad sense) to desert forsaken
cast down, καταβαλλόμενοι To throw down cast down
but ἀλλ' Properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) but
not οὐκ The absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not not
destroyed; ἀπολλύμενοι To destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively destroyed

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  • 7  But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

  • 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.




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