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1 Thessalonians 2

1 Thess. 2:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Nor
oute (Greek #3777)
not too, i.e. neither or nor; by analogy, not even
KJV usage: neither, none, nor (yet), (no, yet) not, nothing.
Pronounce: oo'-teh
Origin: from 3756 and 5037
of
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
men
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
o sought we
zeteo (Greek #2212)
to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)
KJV usage: be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means). Compare 4441.
Pronounce: dzay-teh'-o
Origin: of uncertain affinity
glory
doxa (Greek #1391)
glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literal or figurative, objective or subjective)
KJV usage: dignity, glory(-ious), honour, praise, worship.
Pronounce: dox'-ah
Origin: from the base of 1380
, neither
oute (Greek #3777)
not too, i.e. neither or nor; by analogy, not even
KJV usage: neither, none, nor (yet), (no, yet) not, nothing.
Pronounce: oo'-teh
Origin: from 3756 and 5037
of
apo (Greek #575)
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
KJV usage: (X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
Pronounce: apo'
Origin: a primary particle
you
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
, nor
oute (Greek #3777)
not too, i.e. neither or nor; by analogy, not even
KJV usage: neither, none, nor (yet), (no, yet) not, nothing.
Pronounce: oo'-teh
Origin: from 3756 and 5037
yet of
apo (Greek #575)
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
KJV usage: (X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
Pronounce: apo'
Origin: a primary particle
others
allos (Greek #243)
"else," i.e. different (in many applications)
KJV usage: more, one (another), (an-, some an-)other(-s, -wise).
Pronounce: al'-los
Origin: a primary word
, when we might
dunamai (Greek #1410)
to be able or possible
KJV usage: be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.
Pronounce: doo'-nam-ahee
Origin: of uncertain affinity
have ζbeen
einai (Greek #1511)
to exist
KJV usage: am, was. come, is, X lust after, X please well, there is, to be, was.
Pronounce: i'-nahee
Origin: present infinitive from 1510
burdensome
baros (Greek #922)
weight; in the New Testament only, figuratively, a load, abundance, authority
KJV usage: burden(-some), weight.
Pronounce: bar'-os
Origin: probably from the same as 939 (through the notion of going down; compare 899)
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
q, as
hos (Greek #5613)
which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
KJV usage: about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
Pronounce: hoce
Origin: probably adverb of comparative from 3739
the apostles
apostolos (Greek #652)
a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ ("apostle") (with miraculous powers)
KJV usage: apostle, messenger, he that is sent.
Pronounce: ap-os'-tol-os
Origin: from 649
of Christ
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
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John 5:41,44• 41Glory from men I do not receive;
 44How can ye believe who receive glory one of another, and seek not the glory which [is] from the only God? (John 5:41,44)
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Gal. 1:10• 10For am I now conciliating men or God? or do I seek to please men? [For] if any longer I were pleasing men, Christ's bondservant I should not be. (Gal. 1:10)
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or, used authority.
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2 Cor. 12:13‑15• 13For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the other assemblies, unless that I myself pressed not heavily on you? Forgive me this wrong.
 14Behold, this third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not press heavily, for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
 15And I most gladly will spend and be spent for your souls, if even more abundantly loving you I am less loved. (2 Cor. 12:13‑15)

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Ministry on This Verse

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of men.
Esther 1:4•  (Esther 1:4)
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Esther 5:11•  (Esther 5:11)
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Prov. 25:27•  (Prov. 25:27)
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Dan. 4:30•  (Dan. 4:30)
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John 5:41,44• 41Glory from men I do not receive;
 44How can ye believe who receive glory one of another, and seek not the glory which [is] from the only God? (John 5:41,44)
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John 7:18• 18He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory; but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him,—he is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. (John 7:18)
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John 12:43• 43for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God. (John 12:43)
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Gal. 1:10• 10For am I now conciliating men or God? or do I seek to please men? [For] if any longer I were pleasing men, Christ's bondservant I should not be. (Gal. 1:10)
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Gal. 5:26• 26Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another. (Gal. 5:26)
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Gal. 6:13• 13For neither do they that are being circumcised themselves keep the law, but wish you to be circumcised that in your flesh they may boast. (Gal. 6:13)
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1 Tim. 5:17• 17Let the elders that preside well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they that labour in word and teaching. (1 Tim. 5:17)
when.
1 Thess. 2:9• 9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and our toil; working night and day that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. (1 Thess. 2:9)
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1 Cor. 9:4,6,12‑18• 4Have we not a title to eat and to drink?
 6or I alone and Barnabas, have we not title to abstain from working?
 12If others partake of the title over you, should not we more? But we use not this title but bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of the Christ.
 13Know ye not that those that minister about the holy things eat of the temple, and those that attend the altar share with the altar?
 14So also the Lord ordained those that announced the gospel to live of the gospel.
 15But I have used none of these things. And I have not written these things that it should be thus in my case, for [it were] good for me to die rather than that anyone should make empty my boast.
 16For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast, for necessity is laid upon me, for woe is to me if I preach not the gospel.
 17For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I have an administration entrusted to me.
 18What, then, is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may make the gospel without charge; so that I use not for myself my title in the gospel. (1 Cor. 9:4,6,12‑18)
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2 Cor. 10:1‑2,10‑11• 1But I myself Paul entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, [I] who face to face [am] mean among you but absent am bold toward you(
 2but I beseech that I present may not be bold with the confidence with which I think to be daring against some that think of us as walking according to flesh.
 10because his letters, saith one, [are] weighty and strong, but the presence of the body weak and the speech contemptible.
 11Let such an one consider this, that such as we are in word by letters when absent, such also in deed when present. (2 Cor. 10:1‑2,10‑11)
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2 Cor. 13:10• 10For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal severely according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for casting down. (2 Cor. 13:10)
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Philem. 8‑9• 8Wherefore, having much boldness to enjoin thee what is befitting,
 9for love's sake I rather entreat, being such a one as Paul aged and now also prisoner of Christ Jesus. (Philem. 8‑9)
been burdensome.
or, used authority.
1 Cor. 11:9• 9For also man was not created on account of the woman, but woman on account of the man. (1 Cor. 11:9)
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1 Cor. 12:13‑15• 13For by one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free, and were all made to drink of one Spirit.
 14For also the body is not one member but many.
 15If the foot shall say, Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body, it is not on this account not of the body; (1 Cor. 12:13‑15)
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1 Thess. 3:8‑9• 8because now we live if ye stand fast in [the] Lord.
 9For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on your account before our God, (1 Thess. 3:8‑9)
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1 Cor. 9:1‑2,4‑6• 1Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? my work are not ye in [the] Lord?
 2If I am not an apostle to others, yet at least I am to you; for the seal of my apostleship ye are in [the] Lord.
 4Have we not a title to eat and to drink?
 5have we not title to take about a sister wife, as also the other apostles and the brethren of the Lord and Cephas?
 6or I alone and Barnabas, have we not title to abstain from working? (1 Cor. 9:1‑2,4‑6)
• Many a man who would not stoop to flattery and may not be covetous is vain or ambitious. (“On 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensomea as apostles of Christ.

WK Translation Notes

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"Burdensome" fails to express the claims of weight, charge, or authority here meant.