1 Thessalonians 2:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ [^LFor] Our ·appeal [encouragement; exhortation] does not come from ·lies [error] or ·wrong reasons [false motives; ^Limpurity], nor ·were we trying to trick you [with guile/deceit]. ⁴ But we speak the ·Good News [Gospel] because God ·tested [approved] us and ·trusted us to do [or entrusted us with] it. When we speak, we are not trying to please people, but God, who ·tests [examines; approves] our hearts. ⁵ You know that we never ·tried to influence you by saying nice things about you [^Lcame with words of flattery]. ·We were not trying to get your money; we had no selfishness to hide from you [^L…nor with hidden motives of greed]. God ·knows that this is true [^Lis (our) witness].