2 Corinthians 1:24
Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for in faith ye stand fast.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 invoke God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I came not yet to Corinth.
Cross References
Matthew 24:49and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;
Romans 5:2through whom also we obtained the access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 3:5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to each one?
2 Corinthians 2:1AND I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow.
2 Corinthians 5:7(for we walk by faith, not by sight),
Philippians 1:25And being persuaded of this, I know that I shall remain, and shall continue with you all for your furtherance 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 →