For our (A)exhortation does not come from (B)error or (C)impurity or [a]by way of (D)deceit; (E)but just as we have been approved by God to be (F)entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, (G)not intending to please people, but to please God, who [b](H)examines our hearts.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 Lit in deceit
  2. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Or approves

For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives,(A) nor are we trying to trick you.(B) On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel.(C) We are not trying to please people(D) but God, who tests our hearts.(E)

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