And after this, after he had shown to them the wealth of his kingdom, and the abundant glory of his wealth during a hundred and eighty days,

And he showed them his wealth, and the glory with which the king had invested him, and how he had caused him to take precedence and bear chief rule in the kingdom.

[It is] not good to eat much honey, but it is right to honor venerable sayings.

the king answered and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power, for the honor of my glory?

I do not receive glory from men.

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and do not seek the glory which is from the only God?

He who speaks from himself is seeking his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.

for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

For do I just now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

For not even those who are circumcised keep the law themselves, but they wish you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

Let the elders having ruled well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.

For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil; for laboring night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

Do we have no right to eat and drink?

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to forego working?

If others partake of this right over you, do not we even more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but bear all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ.

Thus also the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to live from the gospel.

For if I preach the gospel, there is nothing for me to boast about, for necessity is pressed upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!

What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ free of charge, so as not to exploit my rights in the gospel.

Now I, Paul, myself appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who face to face [am] lowly among you, but when I am away am bold toward you.

But I beseech [you] that when I am present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I plan to be bold toward some, who consider us as walking according to the flesh.

"For his letters," they say, "are severe and boisterous, but his bodily presence [is] feeble, and his speech amounts to nothing."

Let such a person consider this, that of what sort we are in word by letters when we are absent, of such a kind [we will] also [be] in deed when we are present.

Because of this I write these things being absent, in order that when I am present I may not deal sharply with you, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for edification and not for destruction.

Therefore, having much boldness in Christ to command you what is fitting,

rather on account of love I appeal to you--being such a one as Paul, the elder, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ--

Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free--and we were all given to drink into one Spirit.

If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body?

Because now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

For whatever thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy with which we are rejoicing because of you in the presence of our God,

Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

If I am not an apostle to others, yet indeed I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

Do we have no right to eat and drink?

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to forego working?