New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Thessalonians 2:5-6
5For we neverG3777G4218 cameG1096 1with flatteringG2850 speechG3056, as you knowG3609, norG3777 with 2a pretextG4392 3for greedG4124--4GodG2316 is our witnessG3144--
6norG3777 did we 5seekG2212 honorG1391 from peopleG444, eitherG3777 from you orG3777 from othersG243, though 6we could have 7assertedG1510G922 our authorityG922 as 8apostlesG652 of ChristG5547.
Notes
- 1. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Lit in a word of flattery ↩
- 2. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Acts 20:33; 2 Pet 2:3 ↩
- 3. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 I.e., to conceal greed ↩
- 4. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Rom 1:9; 1 Thess 2:10 ↩
- 5. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 John 5:41, 44; 2 Cor 4:5 ↩
- 6. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Lit being able to ↩
- 7. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Or been burdensome as ↩
- 8. 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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