1 Thessalonians 2:3
for our exhortation [is] not out of deceit, nor out of uncleanness, nor in guile,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
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1 Samuel 12:3Behold, here I [am]; testify against me before YHWH, and before His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose donkey have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide my eyes with it? And I restore [it] to you.”
2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity—but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we speak.
2 Corinthians 4:5for we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus—LORD, and [we are] ourselves your servants because of Jesus;
2 Corinthians 11:13for those such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ,
1 Thessalonians 2:5for at no time did we come with speech of flattery (as you have known), nor in a pretext for covetousness (God [is] witness),
1 Thessalonians 4:1As to the rest, then, brothers, we request, and call on you in the Lord Jesus, as you received from us how it is necessary for you to walk and to please God, that you may abound the more,
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 2:2-7
The Primitive Ministers. ( a. d. 51.) 1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: 2 But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. 3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: 4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our… Read the whole commentary →