2 Corinthians 1:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 15:1 : 1 Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based,
  • Rom 11:20 : 20 Truly, because they had no faith they were broken off, and you have your place by reason of your faith. Do not be lifted up in pride, but have fear;
  • 1 Pet 5:3 : 3 Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
  • Matt 23:8-9 : 8 But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven. 10 And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.
  • Matt 24:49 : 49 And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine;
  • Rom 1:12 : 12 That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.
  • Rom 5:2 : 2 Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
  • 2 Cor 2:1-3 : 1 But it was my decision for myself, not to come again to you with sorrow. 2 For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me? 3 And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.
  • 2 Cor 5:7 : 7 (For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,)
  • Eph 6:14-16 : 14 Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 Be ready with the good news of peace as shoes on your feet; 16 And most of all, using faith as a cover to keep off all the flaming arrows of the Evil One.
  • Phil 1:25-26 : 25 And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith; 26 So that your pride in me may be increased in Christ Jesus through my being present with you again.
  • 2 Tim 2:24-26 : 24 For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong, 25 Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge, 26 And so they may get themselves free from the net of the Evil One, being made the prisoners of the Lord's servant, for the purpose of God.
  • 1 Pet 5:8-9 : 8 Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food; 9 Do not give way to him but be strong in your faith, in the knowledge that your brothers who are in the world undergo the same troubles.
  • 1 Cor 3:5 : 5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

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  • 1 Thess 3:7-9
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    7For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;

    8For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged.

    9For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;

  • 1 Thess 2:19-20
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    19For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?

    20For you are our glory and our joy.

  • Phil 1:25-28
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    25And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;

    26So that your pride in me may be increased in Christ Jesus through my being present with you again.

    27Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;

    28Having no fear of those who are against you; which is a clear sign of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;

  • 2 Thess 3:8-9
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    8And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

    9Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

  • 2 Cor 10:15-16
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    15Not taking credit to ourselves for what is not our business, that is, for the work of others; but having hope that, with the growth of your faith, we may get the credit for an increase which is the effect of our work,

    16So that we may be able to go on and take the good news to countries still farther away than you are, and not take credit for another man's work in making things ready to our hand.

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.

  • Rom 1:12
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    12That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.

  • 2 Cor 1:11-14
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    11You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.

    12For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

    13For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:

    14Even as you have been ready, in part, to say that we are your glory, in the same way that you are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

  • 2 Thess 1:3-4
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    3It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;

    4So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;

  • 2 Cor 4:5
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    5For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.

  • 1 Thess 1:7-8
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    7So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia.

    8For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.

  • 2 Cor 7:13
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    13So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

  • 1 Cor 9:12
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    12If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 8:5
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    5And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.

  • 1 Cor 2:5
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    5So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.

  • 1 Thess 2:4
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    4But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.

  • Gal 2:5
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    5To whom we gave way not even for an hour; so that the true words of the good news might still be with you.

  • 1 Thess 3:2
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    2We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith;

  • Phil 2:17-18
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    17And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all:

    18And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.

  • 2 Cor 10:8
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    8For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:

  • Col 2:5
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    5For though I am not present in the flesh, still I am with you in the spirit, seeing with joy your order, and your unchanging faith in Christ.

  • 1 Thess 1:3
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    3Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

  • 2 Thess 3:4
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    4And we have faith in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things about which we give you orders.

  • 2 Cor 2:3
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    3And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

  • Rom 5:2
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    2Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.

  • 2 Cor 8:8
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    8I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

  • Phlm 1:7
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    7For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

  • 2 Thess 1:12
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    12So that glory may be given to the name of our Lord Jesus through you, and you may have glory in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 1 Thess 3:5
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    5For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.

  • 2 Cor 5:7
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    7(For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,)

  • 2 Cor 13:9
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    9For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.

  • 2 Cor 7:4
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    4My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

  • 2 Cor 12:19
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    19It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.