2 Corinthians 1:24
Not because we are lords of your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for by faith you stand.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 testify to Aloha on my soul that because I am sparing of you, I have not come to Kurinthos.
Cross References
Matthew 24:49and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall be eating and drinking with drunkards;
Romans 5:2And by him we have been admitted through faith into this grace in which we stand, and exult in hope of the glory of Aloha.
1 Corinthians 3:5For who is Paulos, or who Apollo, but ministers by whom you have believed and each as the Lord gave to him?
2 Corinthians 2:1But I have determined this in myself, that I will not with sorrow again come to you.
2 Corinthians 5:7For by faith we walk, and not by sight.
Philippians 1:25For I know this confidently, that I am to remain and tarry for your joy and for the increase of your 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 →