1 Thessalonians 2:6
Neither have we sought glory from men, either from you or from others, though we could have been honoured ones, as the apostles of the Meshiha;
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
7but we were humble among you, and, as a nurse who loveth her children,
Cross References
John 5:41Glory from the sons of men I receive not.
John 7:18He who from the will of his (own) mind speaketh, the glory of himself seeketh; but he who the glory of him who hath sent him seeketh, is true, and no iniquity is in him.
1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not a son of freedom? am I not an apostle? or have I not seen Jeshu Meshiha our Lord? or are not you my work in my Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:12And if others have this power over you, much more have we. But we are not used in this power; but we bear all, lest in any thing we should hinder the gospel of the Meshiha.
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 →