1 Thessalonians 2
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1 Thessalonians 2:4-6

4but justκαθὼςkathōsG2531as we have been approvedδεδοκιμάσμεθαdedokimasmethaG1381by GodθεοῦtheouG2316to beentrustedπιστευθῆναιpisteuthēnaiG4100with the gospelεὐαγγέλιον,euangelionG2098,soοὕτωςhoutōsG3779we speakλαλοῦμεν,laloumenG2980,not as pleasingἀρέσκοντεςareskontesG700menἀνθρώποιςanthrōpoisG444,but GodθεῷtheōG2316whoexaminesδοκιμάζοντιdokimazontiG1381our heartsκαρδίαςkardiasG2588.
5For we neverοὔτε ποτεoute poteG3777G4218cameἐγενήθημεν,egenēthēmenG1096with flatteringκολακείαςkolakeiasG2850speechλόγῳlogōG3056,as you knowG3609,norοὔτεouteG3777witha pretextπροφάσειprophaseiG4392for greedπλεονεξίας,pleonexiasG4124--GodθεὸςtheosG2316is witnessμάρτυς,martusG3144--
6norοὔτεouteG3777did weseekζητοῦντεςzētountesG2212gloryδόξανdoxanG1391from menἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōnG444,eitherοὔτεouteG3777from you orοὔτεouteG3777from othersἄλλων,allōnG243, even though asapostlesG652of ChristG5547we might haveassertedG1510G922our authorityG922.
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