1 Thessalonians 2:5
For we never used words of flattery, as you know, nor as an excuse to cover up greed— God is our witness.
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Job 32:21I will not show favoritism; 1 neither will I give honorific titles to any man. 1
Proverbs 20:19A gossip reveals secrets 1 and so you should not associate with people who talk too much. 1
Proverbs 28:23Whoever disciplines someone, 1 afterward will find more favor from him 1 than from the one who flatters him with his tongue. 1
Isaiah 56:11The dogs have big appetites; they can never get enough; 1 they are shepherds without discernment; 1 they have all turned to their own way, each one covetous for unjust gain. 1
Jeremiah 8:10So I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who will possess them, 1 because from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain! From the prophet to the priest, all of them practice deceit. 1
Malachi 1:10“Oh, if only there were one of you who would shut the temple gates, so that you might not light fires on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says Yahweh of hosts, “and I will not accept any offering from your hand.
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 →