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But having previously-suffered and been mistreated[a] in Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak the good-news of God to you in a great conflict. For our exhortation[b] is not from[c] error, nor from impurity[d], nor in[e] deceit. But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted-with the good-news, so we speak— not as pleasing people, but God, the One testing our hearts.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Or, treated in an arrogant manner.
  2. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 Or, appeal.
  3. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 That is, originating in.
  4. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 That is, impure motives; or, more narrowly, sexual immorality.
  5. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 That is, in connection with deceptive methods.

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