2 Corinthians 4:9

Cast Down but Unconquered

7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, ^athat the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

8 We are ^ahard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

9 persecuted, but not ^aforsaken; ^bstruck down, but not destroyed—

10 ^aalways carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, ^bthat the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.

11 For we who live ^aare always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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2 Corinthians 4:9

Persecuted, but not forsaken - , ' . The , pursued, is peculiar to the , or race, when one being foremost others pursue, and get up close after him, endeavoring to outstrip him, but cannot succeed: this is the meaning of , not outstripped, or outgone, as the word implies. So in Plutarch: , they do not crown them that are distanced or left behind. So says the apostle, I Corinthians 9:24 : All run, but only One receiveth the Prize.

Cast down, but not destroyed - ' . This also belongs to wrestlers, where he that throws the other first is conqueror. And so Hesychius: , , ̔ , to cast down is to overcome, to throw. And then, the being not destroyed signifies that, although they were thrown down-cast into troubles and difficulties, yet they rose again, and surmounted them all.

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