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2 Corinthians 4:9 — King James Version← Study notes

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


2 Corinthians 4:9Greek Interlinear

Greek · 2 Corinthians 4:98 words
GreekMeaning
διωκόμενοιdiōkomenoi
being persecutedverbG1377
ἀλλ’all’
butwordG235
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἐγκαταλειπόμενοιenkataleipomenoi
being forsakenverbG1459
καταβαλλόμενοιkataballomenoi
being struck downverbG2598
ἀλλ’all’
butwordG235
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἀπολλύμενοιapollymenoi
being destroyedverbG622
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 9 on Second Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Markus BauerNote3mo ago
Wisdom for daily life - 2 Corinthians 4
God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedienc...
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