1 Thessalonians 2:4
But, even as we have been approved by God, to be entrusted with the glad-message, so, we speak,—not as, unto men, giving pleasure, but unto God—who proveth our hearts.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
3For, our exhortation, is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile,
Cross References
Numbers 27:16Let Yahweh, God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the assembly;
2 Kings 16:16So Urijah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded.
Psalms 7:9Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, and establish thou him that is righteous,—for, a trier of hearts and reins, is God the righteous one.
Psalms 44:21Would not, God, have searched into this, Seeing that, he, knoweth the secrets of the heart?
Proverbs 17:3Fining-pot for silver, crucible for gold, but, he that trieth hearts, is Yahweh.
Jeremiah 32:19Great in counsel, and mighty in deed,—Whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give unto every one, According to his ways, and According to the fruit of his doings:
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 →