6nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.


In Context

3 For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

4 but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.

5 For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;

6 nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

7 But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:

8 even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.

1 Thessalonians 2:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:6We were not looking for praise from men, not from you or anyone else.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:6Nor sought we glory of men, neither of you, nor of others.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been a charge as Christ's apostles;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:6nor seeking glory of men, neither from you, nor from others, when we might have been burdensome, as apostles of Christ.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6nor seeking of men glory, neither from you nor from others, being able to be burdensome, as Christ's apostles.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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