1 Thessalonians 2:1-4

1For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which [we had] to you, that it has not been in vain;

2but, having suffered before and been insulted, even as ye know, in Philippi, we were bold in our 1God to speak unto you the glad tidings of 2God with much earnest striving.

3For our exhortation [was] not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile;

4but even as we have been approved of 3God to have the glad tidings entrusted to us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but 4God, who proves our hearts.