Polar Opposites (3)

we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;  2 Corinthians 4:8-9  NASB Not forsaken – In order to understand ouk enkataleipomenoi, we probably first need to look at diokomenoi.  Translated “persecuted,” the root is dioko.  This word is about setting something…