2 Corinthians 1:24
not that we are lords over your faith, but fellow-workers for your joy: for by faith you stand.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
In Context
23But I call on God as a witness against my soul, that wishing to spare you, I did not go to Corinth;
Cross References
Matthew 24:49and shall begin to strike his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;
Romans 5:2through whom we have had access, by faith, into this grace in which we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 3:5Who, then, is Paul? and who is Apollos? Ministers by whom you have believed, even as the Lord gave to each one.
2 Corinthians 2:1But I determined this in myself, that with sorrow I would not again come to you:
2 Corinthians 5:7for we walk by faith, not by sight:
Philippians 1:25And of this I feel assured, that I shall remain and continue among you all for your advancement and joy in the faith,
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 1:16-24
Paul's Sincerity and Affliction. ( a. d. 57.) 15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; 16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judæa. 17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? 18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.… Read the whole commentary →