New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Thessalonians 2:3-7

3For our 1exhortation does not come from 2error or 3impurity or 4by way of 5deceit;

4 6but just as we have been approved by God to be 7entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, 8not intending to please people, but to please God, who 9 10examines our hearts.

5For we never came 11with flattering speech, as you know, nor with 12a pretext 13for greed--14God is our witness--

6nor did we 15seek honor from people, either from you or from others, though 16we could have 17asserted our authority as 18apostles of Christ.

7But we 19proved to be 20 21gentle 22among you. 23As a nursing mother 24tenderly cares for her own children,

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Notes

1. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 Acts 13:15 ↩
2. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 2 Thess 2:11 ↩
3. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 1 Thess 4:7 ↩
4. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 Lit in deceit ↩
5. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 2 Cor 4:2 ↩
6. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 2 Cor 2:17 ↩
7. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Gal 2:7 ↩
8. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Gal 1:10 ↩
9. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Or approves ↩
10. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Rom 8:27 ↩
11. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Lit in a word of flattery ↩
12. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Acts 20:33; 2 Pet 2:3 ↩
13. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 I.e., to conceal greed ↩
14. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Rom 1:9; 1 Thess 2:10 ↩
15. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 John 5:41, 44; 2 Cor 4:5 ↩
16. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Lit being able to ↩
17. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Or been burdensome as ↩
18. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 1 Cor 9:1f ↩
19. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Or became gentle ↩
20. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Three early mss infants ↩
21. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 2 Tim 2:24 ↩
22. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Lit in the midst of you ↩
23. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Gal 4:19; 1 Thess 2:11 ↩
24. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Or cherishes ↩

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