1 THESSALONIANS 2:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.”
Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have stood on our authority as apostles of Christ — Paul renounces the honor (doxa) that might have been his due; authority is his right, but he chooses vulnerability. The apostolic office carries weight; he refuses to leverage it for personal advantage. His weakness becomes the proof of his apostolic authenticity.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 2:6
For “neither at any time,” he says, “were we found using words of flattery”; that is, we did not flatter, which is the part of deceivers, who wish to get possession and to domineer. No one can say that we flattered in order to rule, nor that we had recourse to it for the sake of wealth. Of this, which was manifest, he afterwards calls them to be witnesses. “Whether we flattered,” he says, “you know.” But as to what was uncertain, namely, whether it were in the way of…
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