but after we had already suffered and been (A)treated abusively in (B)Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God (C)to speak to you the (D)gospel of God [a]amid much [b](E)opposition. For our (F)exhortation does not come from (G)error or (H)impurity or [c]by way of (I)deceit; (J)but just as we have been approved by God to be (K)entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, (L)not intending to please people, but to please God, who [d](M)examines our hearts.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Or during
  2. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Or struggle; or conflict
  3. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 Lit in deceit
  4. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Or approves

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