2 Corinthians 4:9

4:9 we are persecuted, but not abandoned; ¹  we are knocked down, ²  but not destroyed,

2 Corinthians 6:5

6:5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, ³  in troubles, ⁴  in sleepless nights, in hunger,

[4:9]  ¹ tn Or “forsaken.”

[4:9]  ² tn Or “badly hurt.” It is possible to interpret καταβαλλόμενοι (kataballomenoi) here as “badly hurt”: “[we are] badly hurt, but not destroyed” (L&N 20.21).

[6:5]  ³ tn Or “rebellions” (uprisings in open defiance of civil authority).

[6:5]  ⁴ tn Usually κόποις (kopois) has been translated as “labors” or “hard work,” but see Matt 26:10 where it means “trouble”; “distress” (L&N 22.7). In this context with so many other terms denoting suffering and difficulty, such a meaning is preferable.