1 Thessalonians 2:6

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1 Thessalonians 2:6

nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others; though we could have been burdensome as the apostles of Christ.

John 5:41

I receive not honor from men.

John 5:44

How can you believe who receive honor one from another, and seek not the honor that comes from God alone?

1 Corinthians 9:1-2

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord-? Are you not my work in the Lord?

1 Thessalonians 2:9

For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for, laboring night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any one of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

John 7:18

He who speaks of himself, seeks his own glory; he who seeks the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

John 12:43

for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 9:4-6

Have we not the right to eat and drink?

1 Corinthians 9:12-18

If others partake of this right over you, should not we rather? But we have not used this right: but we endure all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of the Christ.

1 Corinthians 11:9

for the man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man.

1 Corinthians 12:13-15

For by one Spirit we all were immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and we all have been made to drink of one Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants, for Jesus sake.

2 Corinthians 10:1-2

Now I, the same Paul, who, when present among you, am timid, but when absent, am bold toward you, entreat you, by the mildness and gentleness of Christ;

2 Corinthians 10:10-11

For his letters, says one, are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his style of speech contemptible.

2 Corinthians 13:10

For this reason, I write these things, while absent, that I may not, when present, use severity, according to the authority which the Lord has given me for edification, and not for destruction.

Galatians 1:10

For, do I now seek the favor of men, or of God? or do I strive to please men? If, indeed, I would still please men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Galatians 5:26

Let us not be vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

Galatians 6:13

For not even do those very men, who are circumcised, keep the law: but they wish you to be circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.

1 Thessalonians 3:8-9

for now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

1 Timothy 5:17

Let the elders who rule well, be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in word and teaching.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

1 Thessalonians 2:6

Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

Of men

1 Timothy 5:17

When

Philemon 1:8

Been burdensome

1 Corinthians 11:9

1 Corinthians 12:13

1 Thessalonians 3:8

As the

1 Corinthians 9:1

General references

John 5:41

1 Thessalonians 2:3

Bible References

Of men

I receive not honor from men.

He who speaks of himself, seeks his own glory; he who seeks the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

For, do I now seek the favor of men, or of God? or do I strive to please men? If, indeed, I would still please men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Let us not be vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

For not even do those very men, who are circumcised, keep the law: but they wish you to be circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.

Let the elders who rule well, be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in word and teaching.

When

For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for, laboring night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any one of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

Have we not the right to eat and drink?

Now I, the same Paul, who, when present among you, am timid, but when absent, am bold toward you, entreat you, by the mildness and gentleness of Christ;

For this reason, I write these things, while absent, that I may not, when present, use severity, according to the authority which the Lord has given me for edification, and not for destruction.

Wherefore, though I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do that which is becoming,

Been burdensome

for the man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man.

For by one Spirit we all were immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and we all have been made to drink of one Spirit.

for now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

As the

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord-? Are you not my work in the Lord?

General references

I receive not honor from men.

For our exhortation arose not from deception, nor from uncleanness, nor was it with guile;