2 Corinthians 4:9
We are persecuted, but not forsaken: cast downe, but we perish not.
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- Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse, and be content with those things that ye haue, for he hath said,
- Job 5:17-19 : 17 Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie. 18 For he maketh the wound, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his handes make whole. 19 He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, and in the seuenth the euill shall not touch thee.
- Ps 9:10 : 10 And they that know thy Name, will trust in thee: for thou, Lorde, hast not failed them that seeke thee.
- Ps 22:1 : 1 To him that excelleth vpon Aiieleth Hasshahar. A Psalme of Dauid. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, and art so farre from mine health, and from the wordes of my roaring?
- Ps 37:24-25 : 24 Though he fall, hee shall not be cast off: for the Lord putteth vnder his hand. 25 I haue beene yong, and am olde: yet I sawe neuer the righteous forsaken, nor his seede begging bread.
- Ps 37:28 : 28 For the Lord loueth iudgement, and forsaketh not his Saintes: they shall be preserued for euermore: but the seede of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Ps 42:5 : 5 Why art thou cast downe, my soule, and vnquiet within me? waite on God: for I will yet giue him thankes for the helpe of his presence.
- Ps 42:11 : 11 Why art thou cast downe, my soule? and why art thou disquieted within mee? waite on God: for I wil yet giue him thankes: he is my present helpe, and my God.
- Prov 24:16 : 16 For a iust man falleth seuen times, and riseth againe: but the wicked fall into mischiefe.
- Isa 43:2 : 2 When thou passest through the waters, I wil be with thee, & through the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe thee. When thou walkest through the very fire, thou shalt not be burnt, neither shall the flame kindle vpon thee.
- Isa 62:4 : 4 It shall no more be sayd vnto thee, Forsaken, neither shal it be said any more to thy land, Desolate, but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lorde deliteth in thee, and thy land shall haue an husband.
- Mic 7:8 : 8 Reioyce not against me, O mine enemie: though I fall, I shall arise: when I shall sit in darkenesse, the Lord shalbe a light vnto me.
- John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word that I said vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master. If they haue persecuted me, they will persecute you also: if they haue kept my worde, they will also keepe yours.
- 2 Cor 7:6 : 6 But God, that comforteth the abiect, comforted vs at the comming of Titus:
- Job 22:29 : 29 When others are cast downe, then shalt thou say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.
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7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencie of that power might be of God, and not of vs.
8 Wee are afflicted on euery side, yet are we not in distresse: we are in doubt, but yet wee despaire not.
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10 We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised.
11 Vnto this houre we both hunger, & thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place,
12 And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.
13 We are euill spoken of, and we pray: we are made as the filth of the world, the offskowring of all things, vnto this time.
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9 As vnknowen, and yet knowen: as dying, and beholde, we liue: as chastened, and yet not killed:
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16 Therefore we faint not, but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed daily.
17 For our light affliction which is but for a moment, causeth vnto vs a farre most excellent and an eternall waight of glorie:
18 While we looke not on the thinges which are seene, but on the things which are not seene: for the things which are seene, are temporall: but the things which are not seene, are eternall.
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10 Euery where we beare about in our bodie the dying of the Lorde Iesus, that the life of Iesus might also be made manifest in our bodies.
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8 For brethren, we woulde not haue you ignorant of our affliction, which came vnto vs in Asia, howe we were pressed out of measure passing strength, so that we altogether doubted, euen of life.
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35 Who shall separate vs from the loue of Christ? shall tribulation or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakednesse, or perill, or sworde?
36 As it is written, For thy sake are we killed all day long: we are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.
37 Neuerthelesse, in all these thinges we are more then coquerours through him that loued vs.
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4 So that we our selues reioyce of you in the Churches of God, because of your patience & faith in al your persecutions & tribulatios that ye suffer,
5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous iudgement of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdome of God, for the which ye also suffer.
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37 They were stoned, they were hewen asunder, they were tempted, they were slaine with the sworde, they wandred vp and downe in sheepes skinnes, and in goates skinnes, being destitute, afflicted, and tormented:
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12 Dearely beloued, thinke it not strange concerning the firie triall, which is among you to proue you, as though some strange thing were come vnto you:
13 But reioyce, in asmuch as ye are partakers of Christs suffrings, that when his glory shall appeare, ye may be glad and reioyce.
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7 (For we walke by faith, and not by sight.)
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19 Our persecuters are swifter then the egles of the heauen: they pursued vs vpon the mountaines, and layed waite for vs in the wildernes.
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11 Persecutions, and afflictions which came vnto me at Antiochia, at Iconium, and at Lystri, which persecutions I suffered: but from them all the Lord deliuered me.
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4 (For the weapons of our warrefare are not carnall, but mightie through God, to cast downe holdes)
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3 That no man should be moued with these afflictions: for ye your selues knowe, that we are appointed thereunto.
4 For verily when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulations, euen as it came to passe, and ye knowe it.
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6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and saluation, which is wrought in the induring of the same sufferings, which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and saluation.
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9 Not because we haue not authoritie, but that we might make our selues an ensample vnto you to follow vs.
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9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren which are in the world.
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9 Wherein I suffer trouble as an euill doer, euen vnto bondes: but the worde of God is not bounde.
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10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproches, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguish for Christes sake: for when I am weake, then am I strong.
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4 I vse great boldnesse of speach toward you: I reioyce greatly in you: I am filled with comfort, and am exceeding ioyous in all our tribulation.
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6 Wherein yee reioyce, though nowe for a season (if neede require) yee are in heauinesse, through manifolde tentations,
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16 At my first answering no man assisted me, but all forsooke me: I pray God, that it may not be laide to their charge.
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10 Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kingdome of heauen.
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19 Albeit thou hast smitten vs downe into the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.
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22 Surely for thy sake are we slaine continually, & are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.