“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.”
— 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (KJV)
Paul lists real hardships: troubled, perplexed, persecuted, knocked down. But none of them are final — not distressed, not in despair, not forsaken, not destroyed.