1 Thessalonians 2:6

6 nor did we seek glory either from you or from any other mere men, although we might have stood on our dignity as Christ's Apostles.

1 Thessalonians 2:6 In-Context

4 But as God tested and approved us before entrusting us with His Good News, so in what we say we are seeking not to please men but to please God, who tests and approves our motives.
5 For, as you are well aware, we have never used the language of flattery nor have we found pretexts for enriching ourselves--God is our witness;
6 nor did we seek glory either from you or from any other mere men, although we might have stood on our dignity as Christ's Apostles.
7 On the contrary, in our relations to you we showed ourselves as gentle as a mother is when she tenderly nurses her own children.
8 Seeing that we were thus drawn affectionately towards you, it would have been a joy to us to have imparted to you not only God's Good News, but to have given our very lives also, because you had become very dear to us.
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