2 Corinthians 1:24

Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy Ben lordis ofWiclif, and so the other versions until the Rhemish, which characteristically renders overrule. St Paul here defines accurately his relation to his converts. What power he had and it was considerable (see 1Co 4:21; 2 Corinthians 2:9; 2 Corinthians 7:15; 2Co 10:6; 2 Corinthians 13:2; 2 Corinthians 13:10) was simply ministerial, to assist the free growth of the Christian life within them, one of whose foremost fruits (Galatians 5:22) was joy, the joy of the man redeemed and sanctified in Christ, a joy which could not be possessed by those who -hold the truth in unrighteousness" (Romans 1:18). He had no right to place himself between their souls and God, as a necessarychannel in all cases of the Divine life.

for by faith ye stand If they are enabled to stand firm against the overrunning flood of ungodliness, it is not in dependence upon any human being, however great and noble his mission (see 2 Corinthians 1:21; Matthew 10:40; John 13:20; John 20:21; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 1 Corinthians 7:40; and 1 Thessalonians 4:8), but by faith in a living Lord (cf. Romans 11:20; 1 Corinthians 15:1), Who is able to save and to destroy.