1 Thessalonians 2:6
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6 nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others,(A)
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Galatians 1:10
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10 Am I now seeking human approval or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.(A)
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John 5:41
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41 I do not accept glory from humans.
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Philemon 8-9
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Paul’s Plea for Onesimus
8 For this reason, though I am more than bold enough in Christ to command you to do the right thing, 9 yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love—and I, Paul, do this as an old man and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus.[a]
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- 9 Or as an ambassador of Christ Jesus, and now also his prisoner
1 Thessalonians 2:9
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9 You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.(A)
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John 5:44
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44 How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?[a](A)
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- 5.44 Other manuscripts read the Only One
Galatians 5:26
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26 Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.
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1 Corinthians 9:1-2
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The Rights of an Apostle
9 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?(A) 2 If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.(B)
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1 Timothy 5:17
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17 Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor,[a] especially those who labor in preaching and teaching,(A)
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- 5.17 Or compensation
1 Thessalonians 3:8-9
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8 For we now live, if you continue to stand firm in the Lord. 9 How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy that we feel before our God because of you?
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Galatians 6:13
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13 Even the circumcised do not themselves obey the law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast about your flesh.
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2 Corinthians 13:10
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10 So I write these things while I am away from you, so that when I come I may not have to be severe in using the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.(A)
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2 Corinthians 10:1-2
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Paul Defends His Ministry
10 I myself, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you but bold toward you when I am away!(A)— 2 I ask that when I am present I need not show boldness by daring to oppose those who think we are acting according to human standards.[a](B)
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- 10.2 Gk according to the flesh
2 Corinthians 4:5
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5 For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’s sake.(A)
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1 Corinthians 12:13-15
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13 For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.(A)
14 Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot would say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
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1 Corinthians 11:9
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9 Neither was man created for the sake of woman but woman for the sake of man.(A)
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1 Corinthians 9:12-18
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12 If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we still more?
Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.(A) 13 Do you not know that those who work in the temple service get their food from the temple and those who serve at the altar share in what is sacrificed on the altar?(B) 14 In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.(C)
15 But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this so that they may be applied in my case. Indeed, I would rather die than that—no one will deprive me of my ground for boasting! 16 If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel! 17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a wage, but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission.(D) 18 What then is my wage? Just this: that in my proclamation I may make the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my rights in the gospel.
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1 Corinthians 9:4-6
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4 Do we not have the right to our food and drink?(A) 5 Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife,[a] as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?(B) 6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?(C)
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- 9.5 Gk a sister as wife
John 12:43
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43 for they loved human glory more than the glory that comes from God.
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John 7:18
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18 Those who speak on their own seek their own glory, but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is nothing unjust in him.(A)
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Daniel 4:30
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30 and the king said, “Is this not magnificent Babylon, which I have built as a royal capital by my mighty power and for my glorious majesty?”(A)
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Proverbs 25:27
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27 It is not good to eat much honey
or to seek honor on top of honor.(A)
Esther 5:11
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11 and Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the ministers of the king.(A)
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Esther 1:4
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4 while he displayed the great wealth of his kingdom and the splendor and pomp of his majesty for many days, one hundred eighty days in all.
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2 Corinthians 10:10-11
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10 For someone says,[a] “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible.”(A) 11 Let such a person understand that what we say by letter when absent we will also do when present.
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- 10.10 Other ancient authorities read they say
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