2 Corinthians 4:9 - Easy To Read Version We are persecuted, but God does not leave us. We are hurt sometimes, but we are 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: |
My God, my God!\par Why did you leave me?\par You are too far away to save me!\par You are too far away to hear my cries for help!\par
The Lord loves fairness.\par He will not leave his followers\par without help.\par The Lord will always protect his followers,\par but he will destroy wicked people.\par
Why should I be so sad?\par Why should I be so upset?\par I should wait for God’s help.\par I will get the chance to praise him yet.\par He will save me!\par
Why should I be so sad?\par Why should I be so upset?\par I should wait for God’s help.\par I will get the chance to praise him yet.\par He will save me!\par
People who know your name\par should trust you.\par Lord, if people come to you,\par you will not leave them without help.\par
If a good man falls seven times, he will always stand again. But evil people will always be defeated by trouble.
When you have troubles, I am with you. When you cross rivers, you will not be hurt. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not hurt you.
You will never again be called\par ‘The People that God had Left.’\par Your land will never again be called\par ‘The Land that God Destroyed.’\par You will be called\par ‘The People God Loves.’\par Your land will be called\par ‘God’s Bride.’\par Why? Because the Lord loves you.\par And your land will belong to him.\par
I have fallen.\par But enemy, don’t laugh at me!\par I will get up again.\par I sit in darkness now.\par But the Lord will be a light for me.\par
Figs might not grow on the fig trees.\par Grapes might not grow on the vines.\par Olives might not grow on the olive trees.\par Food might not grow in the fields.\par There might not be any sheep in the pens.\par There might not be any cattle in the barns.\par
Remember the lesson I told you: A servant is not greater than his master. If people did wrong to me, then they will do wrong to you too. And if people obeyed my teaching, then they will obey yours too.
Can anything separate us from Christ’s love? No! Can trouble separate us from Christ’s love? No! Can problems or persecution {\cf2\super [70]} separate us from Christ’s love? No! If we have no food or clothes, will that separate us from Christ’s love? No! Will danger or even death separate us from Christ’s love? No!
But God comforts people who are troubled. And God comforted us when Titus came.
Every person who wants to live the way God wants, in Christ Jesus, will be persecuted.
Keep your lives free from the love of money. And be satisfied with the things you have. God has said,