1 Thessalonians 2:4-6

Darby Translation

⁴ but even as we have been approved of God to have the glad tidings entrusted to us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts.

⁵ For we have not at any time been [among you] with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God [is] witness;

⁶ nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been a charge as Christ's apostles;