1 Thessalonians 2:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:6 —

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Galatians 1:10
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
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.
John 5:44
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
John 5:41
I receive not honour from men.
Philemon 1:8-9
Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

Here we have an account of Paul’s manner of preaching, and his comfortable reflection upon his entrance in among the Thessalonians. As he had the testimony of his own conscience witnessing to his integrity, so he could appeal to the Thessalonians how faithful he, and Silas, and Timotheus, his helpers in the work of the Lord, had discharged their office: You yourselves, brethren, know our entrance…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

6. Literally, “Nor of men (have we been found, 1Th 2:5) seeking glory.” The “of” here represents a different Greek word from “of” in the clause “of you ... of others.” Alford makes the former (Greek, “ex”) express the abstract ground of the glory; the latter (apo) the concrete object from which it was to come. The former means “originating from”; the latter means “on the part of.” Many teach heret…