1 Thessalonians 2:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Nor did we seek to extract praise and honor and glory from men, either from you or from anyone else, though we might have asserted our authority [stood on our dignity and claimed honor] as apostles (special missionaries) of Christ (the Messiah).

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

Common English Bible

⁶ We didn’t ask for special treatment from people—not from you or from others—

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Nor did we seek the glory of men, neither from you, nor from others.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Nor sought we glory of men, neither of you, nor of others.

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Esther 1:4

while he displayed the great wealth of his kingdom and the splendor and pomp of his majesty for many days, one hundred eighty days in all.

Esther 5:11

and Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the ministers of the king.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey or to seek honor on top of honor.

Daniel 4:30

and the king said, “Is this not magnificent Babylon, which I have built as a royal capital by my mighty power and for my glorious majesty?”

John 12:43

for they loved human glory more than the glory that comes from God.

John 5:41

I do not accept glory from humans.

John 5:44

How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?

John 7:18

Those who speak on their own seek their own glory, but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is nothing unjust in him.

1 Corinthians 11:9

Neither was man created for the sake of woman but woman for the sake of man.

2 Corinthians 13:10

So I write these things while I am away from you, so that when I come I may not have to be severe in using the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’s sake.

Galatians 1:10

Am I now seeking human approval or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Galatians 5:26

Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.

Galatians 6:13

Even the circumcised do not themselves obey the law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast about your flesh.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

1 Timothy 5:17

Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching,