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1 Thessalonians 2:1-5
New American Standard Bible
Chapter 2
1
For you yourselves know, brothers
and sisters,
that our reception among you was not in vain,
2
but after we had already suffered and been treated abusively in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition.
3
For our exhortation does not
come
from error or impurity or by way of deceit;
4
but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not intending to please people, but
to please
God, who examines our hearts.
5
For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is
our
witness—
King James Version
Chapter 2
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 hearts.
5
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
Christian Standard Bible
Chapter 2
1
For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our visit with you was not without result.
2
On the contrary, after we had previously suffered and were treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, we were emboldened by our God to speak the gospel of God to you in spite of great opposition.
3
For our exhortation didn’t come from error or impurity or an intent to deceive.
4
Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please people, but rather God, who examines our hearts.
5
For we never used flattering speech, as you know, or had greedy motives —God is our witness —
New Living Translation
Chapter 2
1
You yourselves know, dear brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not a failure.
2
You know how badly we had been treated at Philippi just before we came to you and how much we suffered there. Yet our God gave us the courage to declare his Good News to you boldly, in spite of great opposition.
3
So you can see we were not preaching with any deceit or impure motives or trickery.
4
For we speak as messengers approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News. Our purpose is to please God, not people. He alone examines the motives of our hearts.
5
Never once did we try to win you with flattery, as you well know. And God is our witness that we were not pretending to be your friends just to get your money!
English Standard Version
Chapter 2
1
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain.
2
But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict.
3
For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive,
4
but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.
5
For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed — God is witness.
New International Version
Chapter 2
1
You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not without results.
2
We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition.
3
For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you.
4
On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.
5
You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed—God is our witness.
New King James Version
Chapter 2
1
For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain.
2
But even after we had suffered before and were spitefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict.
3
For our exhortation
did
not
come
from error or uncleanness, nor
was it
in deceit.
4
But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts.
5
For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak for covetousness— God
is
witness.
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