2 Corinthians 4:9

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persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

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  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your character be free from the love of money, being content with what you have, for He has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'
  • Job 5:17-19 : 17 Behold, blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 18 For He wounds, but He also binds up; He injures, but His hands also heal. 19 He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven, no harm will touch you.
  • Ps 9:10 : 10 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
  • Ps 22:1 : 1 For the director, to the tune of 'The Doe of the Morning,' a psalm of David.
  • Ps 37:24-25 : 24 Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD supports him with His hand. 25 I was young, and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging for bread.
  • Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His faithful ones. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
  • Ps 42:5 : 5 These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the celebrating crowd.
  • Ps 42:11 : 11 With crushing pain in my bones, my enemies taunt me, saying to me all day long, 'Where is your God?'
  • Prov 24:16 : 16 For though the righteous may fall seven times, they will rise again, but the wicked will stumble in calamity.
  • Isa 43:2 : 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you cross the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not consume you.
  • Isa 62:4 : 4 You will no longer be called 'Abandoned,' and your land will no longer 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.
  • Mic 7:8 : 8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
  • John 15:20 : 20 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.
  • 2 Cor 7:6 : 6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
  • Job 22:29 : 29 When people are humbled and you say, 'Lift them up,' God will save the downcast.

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    7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

    8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

  • 1 Cor 4:10-13
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    10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!

    11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, and we are homeless.

    12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it.

    13 When we are slandered, we respond gently. We have become like the scum of the earth, the refuse of all, even until now.

  • 2 Cor 6:9-10
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    9 as unknown, yet well-known; as dying, yet behold, we live; as disciplined, but not put to death;

    10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

  • 2 Cor 4:16-18
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    16 Therefore, we do not lose heart. Even though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

    17 For our momentary and light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

    18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

  • 2 Cor 4:10-12
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    10 We always carry in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in our body.

    11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal bodies.

    12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

  • 2 Cor 1:8-9
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    8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of the trouble we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself.

    9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened so that we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

  • Rom 8:35-37
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    35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

    36 As it is written: 'For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'

    37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

  • 2 Thess 1:4-5
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    4 As a result, we ourselves boast about you among the churches of God for your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.

    5 This is evidence of God's righteous judgment, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

  • 2 Cor 4:1
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    1 Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as we were shown mercy, we do not lose heart.

  • 2 Cor 6:4
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    4 Instead, in everything we commend ourselves as God’s servants: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses,

  • Heb 11:37
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    37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, and they were killed with the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted, and mistreated.

  • 2 Cor 1:4
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    4 who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

  • 1 Pet 4:12-13
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    12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

    13 But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.

  • 2 Cor 5:6-7
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    6 Therefore, we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

    7 (For we live by faith, not by sight.)

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    19 Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

  • 2 Tim 3:11-12
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    11 You know my persecutions and sufferings—what happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—the persecutions I endured. But the Lord delivered me from all of them.

    12 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

  • Phil 1:28
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    28 And do not be frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation—and that from God.

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    4 The weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but they are powerful through God for the destruction of strongholds. We demolish arguments

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    3 So that no one would be unsettled by these troubles. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.

    4 For indeed, when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and as you know.

  • 2 Cor 1:6
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    6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces patient endurance of the same sufferings we also endure.

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    9 It was not that we lack the right to receive support, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

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    9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.

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    9 For this gospel I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.

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    8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join with me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

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    10 Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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    7 For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction, we were comforted about you through your faith.

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    4 I have great confidence in you; I take great pride in you. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions.

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    6 In this you rejoice greatly, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,

  • 2 Tim 4:16
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    16 At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be counted against them.

  • Matt 5:10
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    10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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    19 Our hearts have not turned back, nor have our steps strayed from Your path.

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    22 would God not have discovered this? For He knows the secrets of the heart.