Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
Cross References
John 5:41I do not accept glory from men,
John 5:44How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:4Have we no right to food and to drink?
2 Corinthians 4:5For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
Philemon 1:8So although in Christ I am bold enough to order you to do what is proper,
Treasury of Scripture
Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
of men.
Esther 1:4
When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
Esther 5:11
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
when.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
1 Corinthians 9:4,6,12-18
Have we not power to eat and to drink? …
2 Corinthians 10:1,2,10,11
Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: …
been burdensome.
1 Corinthians 11:9
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
1 Corinthians 12:13-15
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit…
1 Thessalonians 3:8,9
For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord…
as the.
1 Corinthians 9:1,2,4-6
Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? …
