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.
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5As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
7On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
Cross References
Esther 1:4And for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness.
Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
John 5:41I do not accept glory from men,
John 7:18He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:12If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of 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 →