6nor seeking glory from 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 deception.

4 But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

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

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

7 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

8 Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.