'Down' in the Bible

[who] also sealed us and gave the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.

persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed;

Now the one who has prepared us for this very [thing] [is] God, who has given us the down payment, the Spirit.

for the weapons of our warfare [are] not merely human, but powerful to God for the tearing down of fortresses, tearing down arguments

For even if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave [us] {for building you up and not for tearing you down}, I will not be put to shame,

Because of this, I am writing these [things] [although I] am absent, in order that [when I] am present I may not have to act severely according to the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.