1 Thessalonians 2:6
Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
Note Or although as apostles of Christ we could have been a burden to you; SBL, NE, and WH include this phrase with verse 7.
Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- of men
- Esther 1:4; Esther 5:11; Proverbs 25:27; Daniel 4:30; John 5:41, 44; John 7:18; John 12:43; Galatians 1:10; Galatians 5:26; Galatians 6:13; 1 Timothy 5:17
- when
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 9:4, 6, 12–18; 2 Corinthians 10:1, 2, 10, 11; 2 Corinthians 13:10; Philemon 1:8, 9
- been burdensome
- or, used authority.
- 1 Corinthians 11:9; 1 Corinthians 12:13–15; 1 Thessalonians 3:8, 9
- as the
- 1 Corinthians 9:1, 2, 4–6