For our (A)exhortation does not come from (B)error or (C)impurity or [a]by way of (D)deceit; (E)but just as we have been approved by God to be (F)entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, (G)not intending to please people, but to please God, who [b](H)examines our hearts. For we never came [c]with flattering speech, as you know, nor with (I)a pretext [d]for greed—(J)God is our witness—

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 Lit in deceit
  2. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Or approves
  3. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Lit in a word of flattery
  4. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 I.e., to conceal greed

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