1 Thessalonians 2:6
nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others; though we could have been burdensome as the apostles of Christ.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7But we were gentle among you. As a nurse nourishes her children,
Cross References
John 5:41I receive not honor from men.
John 7:18He who speaks of himself, seeks his own glory; he who seeks the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:12If others partake of this right over you, should not we rather? But we have not used this right: but we endure all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of the Christ.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 2:2-7
The Primitive Ministers. ( a. d. 51.) 1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: 2 But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. 3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: 4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our… Read the whole commentary →