Synergia for your joy (II Corinthians 1:24)

Syn = together / Ergia = work/ effort/ labour
New Testament Uses:
Mk 16:20, Rom 8:28, Rom 16:3, 9, 21; I Cor 3:9, I Cor 16:16, II Cor 1:24, II Cor 6:1, II Cor
8:23, Phil 2:25, Phil 4:3, Col 4:11, I Thes 3:2, Phm 1:1, 24; James 2:22, III Jn 1:8
Horizontal synergia= co-workers
Vertical synergia= shared effort between God and people
2Co 1:24  Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with
you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.

Not lording it over (kurieuo – literally turning “lord” into a verb.
Latin dominus/dominate: 4 expressions
– Institutional-hierarchical
– Financial – those who pay get to say: “the
gratitude gaslight”
– Personal charismatic: I’m the man of God/God
is saying/personally indebted
– Colonial – assumption that West is best

Work together – therefore the opposite of this. Horizontal,
mutual, joyful shared endeavour.
This verse is full of “you” – “work together with you for your joy
for you stand firm in your faith”.
Jay Matenga: “It’s time to flip the script and center the local.”
Intangibles: an atmosphere of joy, mutual honour, respect,
servant heartedness.