1 Thessalonians 2:6-7

Paul's Ministry to the Thessalonians

⁶ _u Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, _v though we could have made _w demands as _x apostles of Christ. ⁷ But we were _y gentle ₁ among you, _z like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.

1. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 4:5
   For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
   John 5:41
   I do not receive glory from people.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 9:4
   Do we not have the right to eat and drink?
   2 Thessalonians 3:9
   It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.
   Philemon 1:8 - 9
   Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 2:9
   For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
   2 Corinthians 11:9
   And when I was with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need. So I refrained and will refrain from burdening you in any way.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 9:1
   Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?
   
5. Cross References
   2 Timothy 2:24
   And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil.
   1 Corinthians 14:20
   Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
   
6. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 2:11
   For you know how, like a father with his children.
   Isaiah 49:23
   Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord ; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.
   Isaiah 60:16
   You shall suck the milk of nations; you shall nurse at the breast of kings; and you shall know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.