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2 Korintus 4:9

kami dianiaya, namun tidak ditinggalkan sendirian, kami dihempaskan, namun tidak binasa.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Assurance;   Faith;   Minister, Christian;   Paul;   Persecution;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Church;   Jews;   Paul;   Persecution;   Suffering for Righteousness' S;   The Topic Concordance - Resurrection;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Afflictions Made Beneficial;   Assurance;   Despair;   Ministers;   Persecution;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Persecution;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of;   Faith;   Suffering;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Moses;   Palmtree;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Fellowship;   Mission(s);   Persecution in the Bible;   Suffering;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Persecution;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Paul;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Affliction;   Cast;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for June 24;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for October 24;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 14;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
kami dianiaya, namun tidak ditinggalkan sendirian, kami dihempaskan, namun tidak binasa.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
kami terkena aniaya, tetapi tiada ditinggalkan, kami diempaskan, tetapi tiada binasa.

Contextual Overview

8 We are troubled on euery syde, yet are we not without shyft. We are in pouertie, but not vtterly without somewhat. 9 We suffer persecution, but are not forsaken therin. We are cast downe, but we perisshe not. 10 We alwayes beare about in the body the dying of the Lorde Iesus, that the lyfe of Iesus myght also appeare in our bodie. 11 For we which lyue, are alwayes deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake, that the lyfe also of Iesu myght appeare in our mortall flesshe. 12 So then, death worketh in vs, but life in you. 13 Seing then that we haue the same spirite of fayth (accordyng as it is written, I beleued, and therefore haue I spoken) We also beleue, and therefore speake. 14 For we knowe, that he which raysed vp the Lorde Iesus, shall rayse vp vs also by the meanes of Iesus, and shall set vs with you. 15 For all thynges [do I] for your [sakes,] that the plenteous grace, by thankes geuyng of many, may redounde to the prayse of God. 16 Wherefore we are not weryed: But though our outwarde man perishe, yet the inwarde man is renued day by day. 17 For our exceedyng tribulation which is momentanie & lyght, prepareth an exceedyng and an eternall wayght of glorie vnto vs.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

but: Psalms 9:10, Psalms 22:1, Psalms 37:25, Psalms 37:28, Isaiah 62:4, Hebrews 13:5

cast: 2 Corinthians 7:6, Job 5:17-19, Job 22:29, Psalms 37:24, Psalms 42:5, Psalms 42:11, Isaiah 43:2

Reciprocal: Judges 8:4 - faint Judges 15:18 - he was sore 1 Samuel 2:4 - stumbled Job 19:10 - destroyed Psalms 25:17 - General Psalms 62:2 - I shall Psalms 102:10 - thou hast Jeremiah 38:6 - into Acts 16:25 - sang Acts 20:24 - none Acts 27:22 - I exhort Hebrews 12:5 - nor faint

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
Habel also brought of the firstlynges of his sheepe, & of the fatte thereof: and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel, and to his oblation.
Genesis 4:9
And the Lorde said vnto Cain: where is Habel thy brother? Which sayde I wote not: Am I my brothers keper?
Genesis 4:11
And nowe art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receaue thy brothers blood from thy hande.
Genesis 4:13
And Cain sayde vnto the Lord: My iniquitie is more then that it may be forgeuen.
Genesis 4:14
Beholde, thou hast cast me out this day from the vpper face of the earth, & from thy face shall I be hyd, fugitiue also and a vacabounde shall I be in the earth: and it shall come to passe, that euery one that fyndeth me shal slay me.
Genesis 37:32
And they sent that partie coloured coate, and caused it to be brought vnto their father, and sayde: This haue we founde, see whether it be thy sonnes coate, or no.
Psalms 9:12
For he maketh inquisition of blood: he remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaynt of the poore.
Proverbs 28:13
He that hydeth his sinnes, shall not prosper: but whoso knowledgeth them and forsaketh them, shall haue mercy.
John 8:44
Ye are of your father the deuyll, and the lustes of your father wyll ye do. He was a murtherer from the begynnyng, and abode not in the trueth: because there is no trueth in hym. When he speaketh a lye, he speaketh of his owne: For he is a lyer, and the father of the same thyng.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Persecuted, but not forsaken,.... Pursued from place to place, and followed with menaces, curses, and reproaches; laid hold on, proscribed, imprisoned, and threatened with the severest tortures, and death itself; but our God never leaves us nor forsakes us; though we are followed close by evil men, and left by our friends, we are not forsaken of God:

cast down we sometimes are, as an earthen vessel; 2 Corinthians 4:7, which may be cast out of a man's hands, in order to be dashed to pieces; or as a man in wrestling, see Ephesians 6:12 may be thrown to the ground by his antagonist, so we are sometimes foiled by sin, Satan, and the world:

but not destroyed; we are still safe in the hands of Christ, and are kept by the power of God; and, indeed, to what else can all this be ascribed? it is surprising that earthen vessels should bear and suffer so much, and not fall, or be dashed to pieces.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Persecuted - Often persecuted, persecuted in all places. The Book of Acts shows how true this was.

But not forsaken - Not deserted; nor left by God Though persecuted by people, yet they experi enced the fulfillment of the divine promise that he would never leave nor forsake them. God always interposed to aid them; always saved them from the power of their enemies; always sustained them in the time of persecution. It is still true. His people have been often persecuted. Yet God has often interposed to save them from the hands of their enemies; and where he has not saved them from their hands, and preserved their lives, yet he has never left them, but has sustained, upheld, and comforted them even in the dreadful agonies of death.

Cast down - Thrown down by our enemies, perhaps in allusion to the contests of wrestlers, or of gladiators.

But not destroyed - Not killed. They rose again; they recovered their strength; they were prepared for new conflicts. They surmounted every difficulty, and were ready to engage in new strifes, and to meet new trials and persecutions.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Corinthians 4:9. Persecuted, but not forsaken — Διωκομενοι, αλλ' ουκ εγκαταλειπομενοι. The διωκομενοι, pursued, is peculiar to the δρομος, or race, when one being foremost others pursue, and get up close after him, endeavouring to outstrip him, but cannot succeed: this is the meaning of ουκ εγκαταλειπομενοι, not outstripped, or outgone, as the word implies. So in PLUTARCH: τους απολειφθεντας ου στεφανουσι, they do not crown them that are distanced or left behind. So says the apostle, 1 Corinthians 9:24: All run, but only ONE receiveth the PRIZE.

Cast down, but not destroyed. — Καταβαλλομενοι αλλ' ουκ απολλυμενοι. This also belongs to wrestlers, where he that throws the other first is conqueror. And so Hesychius: καταβαλει, νικησει, ῥιψει, 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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