1 Thessalonians 2:4
Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be trusted with the gospel, so we speak. We speak, not to please men, but to please God. He is the one who examines our hearts.
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3For our exhortation was not from error, nor from impurity, nor from deceit.
Cross References
Numbers 27:16“May you, Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all humanity, appoint a man over the community,
2 Kings 16:16Uriah the priest did just what King Ahaz commanded.
Psalms 7:9May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous people, 1 righteous God, you who examine hearts and minds. 1
Psalms 44:21would not God search this out? 1 For he knows the secrets of the heart. 1
Proverbs 17:3The crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, 1 but Yahweh refines hearts. 1
Jeremiah 32:19You are great in wisdom and mighty in deeds, for your eyes are open to all the ways of people, to give to each man what his conduct and deeds deserve.
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 →