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1 Thessalonians 2:4
“But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.”
Verse in context — 1 Thessalonians 2
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but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
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For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
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But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
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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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nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
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