2nd Corinthians Chapter 1 verse 24 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndCorinthians 1:24

Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.
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BBE 2ndCorinthians 1:24

Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.
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DARBY 2ndCorinthians 1:24

Not that we rule over your faith, but are fellow-workmen of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
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KJV 2ndCorinthians 1:24

Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
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WBT 2ndCorinthians 1:24


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WEB 2ndCorinthians 1:24

Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
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YLT 2ndCorinthians 1:24

not that we are lords over your faith, but we are workers together with your joy, for by the faith ye stand.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - Not for that we have dominion over your faith. The expression, "to spare you," might have been resented as involving a claim "to lord it over their faith." He had, indeed, authority (1 Colossians 4:21; 2 Corinthians 10:6; 2 Corinthians 13:2, 10), but it was a purely spiritual authority; it was valid only over those who recognized in him an apostolic commission. St. Peter, no less than St. Paul, discourages the spirit of ecclesiastical tyranny (1 Peter 5:3). But are helpers of your joy. We are fellow-helpers of your Christian joy, and therefore I would not come to cause your grief. That was how I desired to spare you. The object of my visits is always "for your furtherance and joy of faith" (Philippians 1:25). For by faith ye stand. The expression is not a mere general principle, but explains his disclaimer of any desire "to lord it over their faith." As far as their "faith" was concerned, they were not to blame; that remained unshaken, and was independent of any visit or authority of St. Paul. But while "in respect of faith ye stand" (Ephesians 6:13), there are other points in which you are being shaken, and in dealing with these I should have been obliged to take severe measures, which, if I postponed my visit, would (I hoped) become unnecessary.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) Not for that we have dominion over your faith.--Better, are lording it over. He has scarcely written, or uttered, the words which imply authority, when the thought comes to him that he may seem to claim too much. He shrinks from "lording it over God's heritage" (1Peter 5:3), and half apologises for so strong a word as "sparing." He puts forward, therefore, the other side of his work. He was really seeking, not to domineer, or cause pain, but to be a fellow-worker with their "joy and peace in believing" (Romans 15:13). He knows that they have a standing-ground, independently of him, in their faith in Christ, and he seeks to confirm that faith.