2 Corinthians 1:24
Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy: for in your faith you stand firm.
Revised King James 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
23I call God as a witness upon my soul, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.
Cross References
Matthew 24:49And shall begin to strike his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
Romans 5:2By whom we also have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 3:5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each his task?
2 Corinthians 2:1But I determined that I would not make another painful visit to you.
2 Corinthians 5:7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
Philippians 1:25And having this confidence, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all for your progress 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 →