2 Corinthians 1:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Not that we have dominion [over you] and lord it over your faith, but [rather that we work with you as] fellow laborers [to promote] your joy, for in [your] faith (in your strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through Whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God) you stand firm.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

It isn’t that we are trying to control your faith, but we are working with you for your happiness, because you stand firm in your faith.

Catholic Public Domain Version

not because we have dominion over your faith, but because we are assistants of your joy. For by faith you stand.

2 Corinthians 1:24 Cross References

Matthew 24:49

and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;

Romans 1:12

that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.

Romans 11:20

Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

Romans 5:2

through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and let us rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 15:1

Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand,

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.

2 Corinthians 11:20

For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you captive, if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth you on the face.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

2 Corinthians 5:7

(for we walk by faith, not by sight);

1 Peter 5:3

neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.