1 Thessalonians 2:6

Paul's Approach To Ministry In Thessalonica

⁵ For neither at any time were we found, using words of flattery, - even as ye know, nor a pretext for greed - God, is witness! ⁶ Nor, of men, seeking glory - either from you, or from others, though we could have assumed, dignity, as Apostles of Christ; ⁷ But we became gentle in your midst, - as though, a nursing mother, had been cherishing her own children:

Apostles of Christ

Christ

John 5:41

Glory from men, am I not receiving; -

John 5:44

How can, ye, believe, - Glory from one another, receiving; and, the glory which is from the only God, are not seeking?

1 Corinthians 9:1-2

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

1 Thessalonians 2:9

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,

Esther 1:4

when he showed the riches of the glory of his kingdom, and the splendour of his excellent majesty, many days, a hundred and eighty days;

Esther 5:11

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.

Proverbs 25:27

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

Daniel 4:30

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?

John 7:18

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.

John 12:43

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

1 Corinthians 9:4-6

Have we not a right to eat and drink?

1 Corinthians 9:12-18

If, others, of this right, over you, are partaking, should not rather, we? nevertheless, we used not this right; but, all such things, do we conceal, - lest we should cause any hindrance unto the glad message of the Christ.

1 Corinthians 11:9

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

1 Corinthians 12:13-15

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.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For, not ourselves, do we proclaim, but Christ Jesus, as Lord, and, ourselves, as your servants for Jesus' sake.

2 Corinthians 10:1-2

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; -

2 Corinthians 10:10-11

Because, The letters, it is true (saith one), are weighty and strong, but, the presence of the body, is weak, and, the discourse, contemptible; -

2 Corinthians 13:10

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.

Galatians 1:10

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!

Galatians 5:26

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

Galatians 6:13

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.

1 Thessalonians 3:8-9

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

1 Timothy 5:17

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