1 Thessalonians 2:3-5

New American Standard Bible 1995

³ For our ^(A)exhortation does not come from ^(B)error or ^(C)impurity or ^[a]by way of ^(D)deceit; ^4 (E)but just as we have been approved by God to be ^(F)entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, ^(G)not as pleasing men, but God who ^[b](H)examines our hearts. ⁵ For we never came ^[c]with flattering speech, as you know, nor with ^(I)a pretext for greed—^(J)God is witness—