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1Th 2:6 — Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor [yet] of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

of men		Est 1:4; Est 5:11; Pro 25:27; Dan 4:30; Jhn 5:41,44; Jhn 7:18; Jhn 12:43; Gal 1:10; Gal 5:26; Gal 6:13; 1Ti 5:17
when		1Th 2:9; 1Cr 9:4,6,12-18; 2Cr 10:1,2,10,11; 2Cr 13:10; Phm 1:8,9
been burdensome		or, used authority. 1Cr 11:9; 1Cr 12:13-15; 1Th 3:8,9
as the		1Cr 9:1,2,4-6

Correlating Passages

of men

	Est 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.
	Est 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.
	Pro 25:27	[It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.
	Dan 4:30	The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
	Jhn 5:41	I receive not honour from men.
	Jhn 5:44	How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that [cometh] from God only?
	Jhn 7:18	He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
	Jhn 12:43	For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
	Gal 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.
	Gal 5:26	Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
	Gal 6:13	For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
	1Ti 5:17	Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

when

	1Th 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.
	1Cr 9:4	Have we not power to eat and to drink?
	1Cr 9:6	Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
	1Cr 9:12	If others be partakers of [this] power over you, [are] not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
	1Cr 9:13	Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live [of the things] of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
	1Cr 9:14	Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
	1Cr 9:15	But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for [it were] better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
	1Cr 9:16	For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
	1Cr 9:17	For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation [of the gospel] is committed unto me.
	1Cr 9:18	What is my reward then? [Verily] that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
	2Cr 10:1	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:
	2Cr 10:2	But I beseech [you], that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
	2Cr 10:10	For [his] letters, say they, [are] weighty and powerful; but [his] bodily presence [is] weak, and [his] speech contemptible.
	2Cr 10:11	Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such [will we be] also in deed when we are present.
	2Cr 13:10	Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
	Phm 1:8	Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
	Phm 1:9	Yet for love's sake I rather beseech [thee], being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

been burdensome

	1Cr 11:9	Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
	1Cr 12:13	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.
	1Cr 12:14	For the body is not one member, but many.
	1Cr 12:15	If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
	1Th 3:8	For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
	1Th 3:9	For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

as the

	1Cr 9:1	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?
	1Cr 9:2	If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
	1Cr 9:4	Have we not power to eat and to drink?
	1Cr 9:5	Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and [as] the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
	1Cr 9:6	Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Thessalonians 2:6," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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