2 Corinthians 4:9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:8-18

In these verses the apostle gives an account of their courage and patience under all their sufferings, where observe, I. How their sufferings, and patience under them, are declared, 2 Cor. 4:8-12. The apostles were great sufferers; therein they followed their Master: Christ had told them that in the world they should have tribulation, and so they had; yet they met with wonderful support, great relief, and many allays of their sorrows. ?We are,? says the apostle, ?troubled on every side,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:7-15

4:7-15 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the power which surpasses all things may be seen to be of God and not of us. We are sore pressed at every point, but not hemmed in. We are at our wit's end, but never at our hope's end. We are persecuted by men, but never abandoned by God. We are knocked down, but not knocked out. In our bodies we have to run the same risk of death as Jesus Christ did, so that in our body the same life as Jesus lived may be clear for all to see. For... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:9

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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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, endeavoring 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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:7-15

Glory of the ministry in the midst of its weakness and suffering. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:9

Not forsaken. St. Paul, like the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, knew by blessed experience the truth of the promise, "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee" ( Hebrews 13:5 , Hebrews 13:6 ). Cast down. Flung to the ground, as in some lost battle; yet not doomed, not "perishing." "Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand" ( Psalms 37:24 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:9

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... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 4:8-12

2 Corinthians 4:8-12. We are troubled The four articles in this verse respect inward, the four in the next outward afflictions. In each clause the former part shows the earthen vessels; the latter, the excellence of the power. Yet not distressed Στενοχωρουμενοι , pressed into a strait place, so as to find no way of escape; perplexed The word απορουμενοι , so rendered, signifies persons involved in evils from which they know not how to extricate themselves: but not Εξαπορουμενοι ,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

The life and work of a servant (4:1-18)God’s true servants do not avoid their responsibilities or use dishonest methods. They do not change the plain meaning of God’s Word to suit themselves, but teach that Word faithfully and directly (4:1-2). Not all will believe, because Satan blinds their minds, but true preachers remember always that the message they preach is Christ’s, not theirs. Then, when the hearers allow the light of that message to shine into their hearts, they see Christ as their... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:8-18

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:7-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:7-15

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 4:8-12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

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