1 Thessalonians 2:6
Now was I seeking glory from men, either yourselves or others, although I might have exercised authority as Christ's apostle.
John 5:41
"I am not receiving honor from men, but I know you,
John 5:44
"How can you believe when you receive glory from, one another, and have no desire for the glory which comes from the only God?
1 Corinthians 9:1-2
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
1 Thessalonians 2:9
You recall, brothers, my labor and toil; how, while working at my trade day and night, so as not to become a burden to any of you, I proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
John 7:18
"The man who speaks on his own authority is always seeking his own glory. But one who is eager for the glory of Him who sent him, he is true, and therefore is nothing false about him.
John 12:43
For they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.
1 Corinthians 9:4-6
Have I no right to claim food and drink?
1 Corinthians 9:12-18
If others share this authority over you, do not I far more? Yet I have not availed myself of it, but am patiently enduring; so that I may not in any way hinder the progress of Christ's gospel.
1 Corinthians 11:9
And man was not created for woman, but woman for man.
1 Corinthians 12:13-15
And we can see this, for in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jew or Gentile, whether slave or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
2 Corinthians 4:5
It is not myself that I proclaim, but Christ Jesus as Master, and myself that I proclaim, and myself your slave for Jesus' sake.
2 Corinthians 10:1-2
Now I Paul, myself, appeal to you by the humble-heartedness and selflessness of Christ??aul who "in your presence is humble, but bold enough when he is absent"??2 I beseech you, and I say, do not make me show my boldness, when I come in the boldness with which I think I shall show my courage against some who think that I am walking on the low level of the flesh.
2 Corinthians 10:10-11
"His letters indeed," says one, "are mighty and forcible, but his personality is weak, and his speech contemptible."
2 Corinthians 13:10
For this reason I am writing thus while absent, so that when I come, I may not have to deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for pulling down.
Galatians 1:10
Think you that I am now trying to conciliate men or God? Or am I "seeking to please men"? If I were still seeking to please men, I should not be a slave of Christ.
Galatians 5:26
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Galatians 6:13
Even those who are being circumcised, are not themselves keeping the Law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may glory in your flesh.
1 Thessalonians 3:8-9
For now I am really living, if you are standing firm in the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:17
Let the elders who fill their offices well, be held worthy of twofold honor; especially those who have the task of preaching and teaching.