2 CORINTHIANS 1:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.”
Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm — Paul clarifies that apostolic authority is not tyrannical (ouk hoti kyrieouomen) but collaborative. The Corinthians' faith is theirs; Paul's role is facilitating the joy that flows from it. Authority serves faith, not dominion.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 1:24
“Not for that we have lordship over your faith.” That is, I did not therefore say, “To spare you I came not,” as lording it over you. Again, he said not you, but “your faith,” which was at once gentler and truer. For him that has no mind to believe, who has power to compel? “But are helpers of your joy.” For since, says he, your joy is ours, I came not, that I might not plunge you into sorrow and increase my own despondency; but I stayed away that you being reformed by the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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