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persecuted,διωκόμενοιbutἀλλ’notοὐκabandoned;ἐγκαταλειπόμενοιstruck down,καταβαλλόμενοιbutἀλλ’notοὐκdestroyed;ἀπολλύμενοι
2 Corinthians 4:9
Study it in the app“persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed;”
Afflicted but not crushed, persecuted but not abandonedSuffering and Trials
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 4:9, word by word
- persecutedδιωκόμενοιdiōkomenoi
persecute
To go after someone to harm them.
Where else “diōkomenoi” appears- abandonedἐγκαταλειπόμενοιenkataleipomenoi
forsake
To leave someone alone, turn one's back on them.
Where else “enkataleipomenoi” appears- struck downκαταβαλλόμενοιkataballomenoi
strike down
To knock someone to the ground.
Where else “kataballomenoi” appears- destroyedἀπολλύμενοιapollymenoi
destroy
To do away with someone or something: take a life or ruin it.
Where else “apollymenoi” appears
The context
8We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
9 · This verse (above)
10always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made manifest in our body.