New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Thessalonians 2:4-6
41but just as we have been approved by God to be 2entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, 3not intending to please people, but to please God, who 45examines our hearts.
5For we never came 6with flattering speech, as you know, nor with 7a pretext 8for greed--9God is our witness--
6nor did we 10seek honor from people, either from you or from others, though 11we could have 12asserted our authority as 13apostles of Christ.
Notes
- 1. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 2 Cor 2:17 ↩
- 2. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Gal 2:7 ↩
- 3. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Gal 1:10 ↩
- 4. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Or approves ↩
- 5. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Rom 8:27 ↩
- 6. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Lit in a word of flattery ↩
- 7. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Acts 20:33; 2 Pet 2:3 ↩
- 8. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 I.e., to conceal greed ↩
- 9. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Rom 1:9; 1 Thess 2:10 ↩
- 10. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 John 5:41, 44; 2 Cor 4:5 ↩
- 11. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Lit being able to ↩
- 12. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Or been burdensome as ↩
- 13. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 1 Cor 9:1f ↩
Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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