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1 Thessalonians 2:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception. "

1 Thessalonians 2:3

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1 For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,

2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.

3 For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.

4 But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak—not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),

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1 Thessalonians 2:1

"For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,"

1 Thessalonians 2:2

"but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict."

1 Thessalonians 2:4

"But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak—not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts."

1 Thessalonians 2:5

"For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),"

1 Thessalonians 2:6

"nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ."

1 Thessalonians 2:7

"But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children."

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