2 Corinthians 1:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Not for that we have dominion ... - The sense of this passage I take to be this: “The course which we have pursued has been chosen not because we wish to lord it over your faith, to control your...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(15) Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your (a) joy: for by faith ye stand. (15) He removes all suspicion of arrogance, declaring that he speaks not as a lord to them...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 to 2 Corinthians 2:4 . Paul now states the real and sufficient reason for his apparent vacillation. He had already paid a visit to Corinth ( cf . 2 Corinthians 13:2 ) which had...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

for that . because. have dominion . lord it. Greek. kurieuo. See Romans 6:9 . faith. Greek. pistis. App-150. helpers . Greek sunergoe. See Romans 3:9 .
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

24. Not that we exercise dominion He anticipates an objection that might be brought forward. “What! Do you then act so tyrannically (305) as to be formidable in your very look? Such were no...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand. Not for that we have dominion over your faith - I will not come to exercise my apostolical authority...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Moreover, I call God for a record— Or, to witness. Nothing but the great importance of St. Paul's vindicating his character to such a church, would have justified the solemnity of an oath of this...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand. Not for that - i:e., Not that. "Faith" is here emphatic. He had "dominion" in discipline; bu...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Introductory Section 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 . Salutation and Thanksgiving After the usual epistolary introduction, St. Paul makes pointed reference to a severe trouble he has lately endured, and g...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 A PASTOR'S HEART. 2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4 (R.V) WHEN Paul came to the end of the paragraph in which he defends himself from the charge of levity and untrustworth...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Tender-hearted and Forgiving 2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-11 In these opening words Paul evidently refers to the sin mentioned in 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 . His judgment had been str...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The second letter to the Corinthians was evidently the outcome of the first. The apostle opened with the usual introduction, laying emphasis on his apostleship by the will of God, coupled with the sa...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(21) Now he which establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; (22) Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. (23) Moreover I call God for a rec...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘HELPERS OF YOUR JOY’ ‘We are helpers of your joy.’ 2 Corinthians 1:24 What is the object of a sermon? Among other things it is to make men happier. ‘We are helpers of your joy.’ There is g...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Not for that we have dominion ,.... Since he had spoke of "sparing" of them, lest it should be thought that he and his fellow ministers assumed to themselves any tyrannical power over the churches,...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand. Ver. 24. Dominion over your faith ] As masters of your consciences; such as the bridge maker of...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Moreover, I call God to record As if he had said, That you may believe me in what I am going to affirm, I call God as a witness, upon , or against my soul If I do not speak the truth. Was not Pa...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

It is again with apostolic authority that Paul writes, the will of God, a predominant matter in the epistle. While Paul uses his authority in lowliness, yet he must assert God's authority in writing....
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Sincerity and Affliction. A. D. 57. 15 And in this confidence I was minded to come un...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Not for that we have dominion over your faith; not (say some) that we pretend or boast of any dominion over you because of your faith, as if upon that account we would be chargeable, and exact moni...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy. For in faith you stand fast.' He wants them further to know that he is not suggesting that their faith depended on this, nor...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 1:12 . Rejoicing .—stronger and more correct. Cognate word in Romans 5:2-3 ; Romans 5:11 , where notice the varying translation; an exultant, sometimes defiantly e...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 1:24 Ministerial Helpfulness. This declaration divides itself very naturally into two parts the negative and the positive; what is disclaimed, and what is professed; what the Apostl...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:1 . Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: Paul is...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 1:1 . Paul and Timothy our brother. It was proper that Timothy should be named, he having been specially sent to Corinth. With all the saints which are in Achaia; in which peninsul...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

I call God for a record … that to spare you I came not as yet to Corinth. Why Paul did not visit Corinth His reasons were-- I. One of mercy: to spare them pain ( 2 Corinthians 1:23 )--to sav...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Address and greeting ( 2 Corinthians 1:1 , 2 Corinthians 1:2 ). Thanksgiving for the comfort sent to him by God, wherein, as in his affliction which rendered it necessary, they sympa...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God Himself Paul's witness:
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:1 ; 1 Corinthians 3:5 ; 1 Peter 5:3 ; 1 Peter 5:8 ; 1 Peter 5:9 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-3 ; 2 Corinthians 5:7 ; 2 Timothy 2:24-26 ; Ephesians 6:14-16 ; Matthew 23:8-10 ; Matth...
2 Corinthians 1:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Not that we have dominion over your faith — This is the prerogative of God alone. But are helpers of your joy — And faith from which it springs. For by faith ye have stood — To this day. We see the...

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 1:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 1:24 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 1:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 1:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 1:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 1:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 1:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 1:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 1:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes