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2 Corinthians 1:24 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 1 · verse 24
Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.2 Corinthians 1:24 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 1:24 in context
22Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
23Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
24Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- helperssynergosa companion in work, fellow workerG4904 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
- standhistēmito cause or make to stand, to place, put, set, to bid to stand by, [set up], in the…G2476 →
- joycharajoy, gladness, the joy received from you, the cause or occasion of joy, of persons who…G5479 →
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The apostle here vindicates himself from the imputation of levity and inconstancy, in that he did not hold his purpose of coming to them at Corinth. His adversaries there sought all occasions to blemish his character, and reflect upon his conduct;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-24