When others are humiliated and you say, ‘Lift them up,’ God will save the humble. ,
2 Corinthians 4:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are struck down, but not destroyed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition We are pursued (persecuted and hard driven), but not deserted [to stand alone]; we are struck down to the ground, but never struck out and destroyed; American Standard Version (1901) pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed; Common English Bible We are harassed, but we aren’t abandoned. We are knocked down, but we aren’t knocked out. Catholic Public Domain Version We suffer persecution, yet we have not been abandoned. We are thrown down, yet we do not perish. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version We suffer persecution, but are not forsaken; we are cast down, but we perish not: |
When others are humiliated and you say, ‘Lift them up,’ God will save the humble. ,
Though a righteous person falls seven times, he will get up, but the wicked will stumble into ruin.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, and the flame will not burn you.
You will no longer be called Deserted, and your land will not be called Desolate; instead, you will be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; , for the Lord delights in you, and your land will be married.
Do not rejoice over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will stand up; though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.
Though the fig tree does not bud and there is no fruit on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the flocks disappear from the pen and there are no herds in the stalls,
Remember the word I spoke to you: “A servant is not greater than his master.” If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
In fact, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you. ,