and Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, - and all the things wherein the king had promoted him to power, and how he had advanced him, above the rulers and the servants of the king.

To eat honey in abundance, is not good, nor is, searching out their own honour, an honourable thing.

the king spake and said, Is not, this, Babylon the great, - which, I myself, have built as the home of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the dignity of my majesty?

Glory from men, am I not receiving; -

He that, from himself, doth speak, his own glory, is seeking: he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same, is, true, and, injustice, in him, is there none.

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

For am I, even now, persuading, men, or God? Or am I seeking to please, men? If I had been still pleasing, men, Christ's servant, had I not been!

Let us not become vain-glorious, - one another, challenging, one another, envying.

For, not even they who are getting circumcised, are, themselves, observing law, - but are wishing you to be circumcised, that, in your flesh, they may boast themselves.

Let, the well presiding elders, of double honour, be accounted worthy, especially they who toil in discourse and teaching;

When

For ye remember, brethren, our toil and hardship: night and day, working, so as not to be a burden unto any of you, we proclaimed unto you the glad-message of God,

Have we not a right to eat and drink?

Moreover, I, Paul, myself, exhort you, through the meekness and considerateness of the Christ, - I who, to look upon, indeed, am lowly toward you, but, absent, am bold towards you; -

For this cause, these things, while absent, am I writing, that I may not, when present, deal sharply - according to the authority which, the Lord, hath given me, for building up and not for pulling down.

Wherefore, though I have, much, freedom of speech, in Christ, to be enjoining upon thee that which is befitting,

Been burdensome

For also man was not created, for the sake of the woman, but woman, for the sake of the man.

For, even to one Spirit, we all, into one body, have been immersed, - whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free, - and, all, of one Spirit, have been caused to drink.

Because, now, we live, - if only, ye, stand fast in the Lord.

As the

Am not free? Am I not an apostle? Jesus our Lord, have I not seen? Are not, ye, my work, in the Lord?

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Glory from men, am I not receiving; -

For, our exhortation, is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile,