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1 Thessalonians 2:5

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For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;

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1 Thessalonians 2:5 in other translations

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 2:5 in context

  1. 3For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
  2. 4but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.
  3. 5For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;
  4. 6nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
  5. 7But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children: