2 Corinthians 1:24

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“Not that we control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.”

— WEB

“Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.”

— KJV

“Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.”

— ASV

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1 Peter 5:3 "neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock."
1 Corinthians 15:1 "Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,"
2 Timothy 2:24-26 "The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,"
Philippians 1:25-26 "Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,"
Romans 5:2 "through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God."
2 Corinthians 4:5 "For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake;"
Matthew 24:49 "and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,"
Matthew 23:8-10 "But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers."

Commentary

Not for that--that is, Not that. "Faith" is here emphatic. He had "dominion" or a right to control them in matters of discipline, but in matters of "faith" he was only a "fellow helper of their joy" (namely, in believing, Rom 15:13; Phi 1:25). The Greek is, "Not that we lord it over your faith." This he adds to soften the magisterial tone of Co2 1:23. His desire is to cause them not sorrow (Co2 2:1-2), but "joy." The Greek for "helpers" implies a mutual leaning, one on the other, like the mutually supporting buttresses of a sacred building. "By faith (Rom 11:20) ye stand"; therefore it is that I bestow such pains in "helping" your faith, which is the source of all true "joy" (Rom 15:13). I want nothing more, not to lord it over your faith. Next: 2 Corinthians Chapter 2

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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