Bible Cross References
of men
Esther 1:4
For six whole months he made a show of the riches of the imperial court with all its splendor and majesty.
Esther 5:11
He boasted to them about how rich he was, how many sons he had, how the king had promoted him to high office, and how much more important he was than any of the king's other officials.
Proverbs 25:27
Too much honey is bad for you, and so is trying to win too much praise.
Daniel 4:30
he said, "Look how great Babylon is! I built it as my capital city to display my power and might, my glory and majesty."
John 5:41
"I am not looking for human praise.
John 5:44
You like to receive praise from one another, but you do not try to win praise from the one who alone is God; how, then, can you believe me?
John 7:18
Those who speak on their own authority are trying to gain glory for themselves. But he who wants glory for the one who sent him is honest, and there is nothing false in him.
John 12:43
They loved human approval rather than the approval of God.
Galatians 1:10
Does this sound as if I am trying to win human approval? No indeed! What I want is God's approval! Am I trying to be popular with people? If I were still trying to do so, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Galatians 5:26
We must not be proud or irritate one another or be jealous of one another.
Galatians 6:13
Even those who practice circumcision do not obey the Law; they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast that you submitted to this physical ceremony.
1 Timothy 5:17
The elders who do good work as leaders should be considered worthy of receiving double pay, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
when
1 Thessalonians 2:9
Surely you remember, our friends, how we worked and toiled! We worked day and night so that we would not be any trouble to you as we preached to you the Good News from God.
1 Corinthians 9:4
Don't I have the right to be given food and drink for my work?
1 Corinthians 9:6
Or are Barnabas and I the only ones who have to work for our living?
1 Corinthians 9:12-18
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If others have the right to expect this from you, don't we have an even greater right? But we haven't made use of this right. Instead, we have endured everything in order not to put any obstacle in the way of the Good News about Christ.
13
Surely you know that the men who work in the Temple get their food from the Temple and that those who offer the sacrifices on the altar get a share of the sacrifices.
14
In the same way, the Lord has ordered that those who preach the gospel should get their living from it.
15
But I haven't made use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this now in order to claim such rights for myself. I would rather die first! Nobody is going to turn my rightful boast into empty words!
16
I have no right to boast just because I preach the gospel. After all, I am under orders to do so. And how terrible it would be for me if I did not preach the gospel!
17
If I did my work as a matter of free choice, then I could expect to be paid; but I do it as a matter of duty, because God has entrusted me with this task.
18
What pay do I get, then? It is the privilege of preaching the Good News without charging for it, without claiming my rights in my work for the gospel.
2 Corinthians 10:1
I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you---I who am said to be meek and mild when I am with you, but harsh with you when I am away. By the gentleness and kindness of Christ
2 Corinthians 10:2
I beg you not to force me to be harsh when I come; for I am sure I can deal harshly with those who say that we act from worldly motives.
2 Corinthians 10:10
Someone will say, "Paul's letters are severe and strong, but when he is with us in person, he is weak, and his words are nothing!"
2 Corinthians 10:11
Such a person must understand that there is no difference between what we write in our letters when we are away and what we will do when we are there with you.
2 Corinthians 13:10
That is why I write this while I am away from you; it is so that when I arrive I will not have to deal harshly with you in using the authority that the Lord has given me---authority to build you up, not to tear you down.
Philemon 1:8
For this reason I could be bold enough, as your brother in Christ, to order you to do what should be done.
Philemon 1:9
But because I love you, I make a request instead. I do this even though I am Paul, the ambassador of Christ Jesus, and at present also a prisoner for his sake.
been burdensome
1 Corinthians 11:9
Nor was man created for woman's sake, but woman was created for man's sake.
1 Corinthians 12:13-15
13
In the same way, all of us, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether slaves or free, have been baptized into the one body by the same Spirit, and we have all been given the one Spirit to drink.
14
For the body itself is not made up of only one part, but of many parts.
15
If the foot were to say, "Because I am not a hand, I don't belong to the body," that would not keep it from being a part of the body.
1 Thessalonians 3:8
because now we really live if you stand firm in your life in union with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 3:9
Now we can give thanks to our God for you. We thank him for the joy we have in his presence because of you.
as the
1 Corinthians 9:1
Am I not a free man? Am I not an apostle? Haven't I seen Jesus our Lord? And aren't you the result of my work for the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:2
Even if others do not accept me as an apostle, surely you do! Because of your life in union with the Lord you yourselves are proof of the fact that I am an apostle.
1 Corinthians 9:4-6
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Don't I have the right to be given food and drink for my work?
5
Don't I have the right to follow the example of the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Peter, by taking a Christian wife with me on my trips?
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Or are Barnabas and I the only ones who have to work for our living?