1 Thessalonians 2:4-6

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

⁴ But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted-with the good-news, so we speak— not as pleasing people, but God, the One testing our hearts. ⁵ For neither did we at-any-time come with a word of flattery, as you know; nor with a pretext for greed— God is witness; ⁶ nor seeking glory from people— neither from you, nor from others,