9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
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.
9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed--
9 We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Corinthians 4:9
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 4:8-12
(Read 2 Corinthians 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.