1 Thessalonians 2:6

Paul did not seek human praise, even though as an apostle he had the right to make demands. He laid aside his rights for their sake.

Cross-references · 24

• Gal 1:10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.
• John 5:41I don’t receive glory from men.
• John 5:44How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
• 1 Th 2:9For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
• Phlm 1:8–9Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
• 2 Cor 10:1–2Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.
• 2 Cor 13:10For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.
• Gal 5:26Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.
• 1 Tim 5:17Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
• 1 Th 3:8–9For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.
• Dan 4:30The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
• Esth 1:4He displayed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even one hundred eighty days.
• 2 Cor 10:10–11For, “His letters”, they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”
• 1 Cor 9:12–18If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.
• John 12:43for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.
• John 7:18He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
• 1 Cor 11:9for man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for the man.
• 1 Cor 9:4–6Have we no right to eat and to drink?
• Esth 5:11Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
• 2 Cor 4:5For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake;
• Prov 25:27It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.
• 1 Cor 9:1–2Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?
• 1 Cor 12:13–15For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.
• Gal 6:13For even they who receive circumcision don’t keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.

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