8 we are afflicted in every way , but not crushed ; perplexed , but not despairing ; 9 persecuted , but not forsaken ; struck down , but not destroyed ; 10 always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus , so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Corinthians 4:8-10
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 4:8-12
(Read 2 Corinthians 4:8-12)
The apostles were great sufferers, yet they met with wonderful support. Believers may be forsaken of their friends, as well as persecuted by enemies; but their God will never leave them nor forsake them. There may be fears within, as well as fightings without; yet we are not destroyed. The apostle speaks of their sufferings as a counterpart of the sufferings of Christ, that people might see the power of Christ's resurrection, and of grace in and from the living Jesus. In comparison with them, other Christians were, even at that time, in prosperous circumstances.