2 CORINTHIANS 4:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;”
Persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed — the pattern continues: diōkō (pursued) but not kataleipō (abandoned). Paul echoes Psalm 23:4 (even through the valley of death): divine presence ensures survival. Striken down (kataballō) but not killed (apollymi). Physical assault does not annihilate apostolic purpose.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 4:9
He still dwells upon proving that the whole work is to be ascribed to the power of God, repressing the highmindedness of those that glory in themselves. 'For not this only,' says he, 'is marvelous, that we keep this treasure in earthen vessels, but that even when enduring ten thousand hardships, and battered on every side, we [still] preserve and lose it not. Yet though there were a vessel of adamant, it would neither have been strong enough to carry so vast a treasure, nor…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a reflection on this verse
No reflections on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!