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1 Thessalonians 2:4
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
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4 but, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals but to please God, who tests our hearts.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
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4 On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel.(A) We are not trying to please people(B) but God, who tests our hearts.(C)
Galatians 1:10
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Galatians 1:10
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10 Am I now seeking human approval or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.(A)
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10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people?(A) If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Galatians 2:7
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Galatians 2:7
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7 On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel for the circumcised(A)
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Galatians 2:7
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7 On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task(A) of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised,[a](B) just as Peter(C) had been to the circumcised.[b]
Footnotes
- Galatians 2:7 That is, Gentiles
- Galatians 2:7 That is, Jews; also in verses 8 and 9
Romans 8:27
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Romans 8:27
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27 And he who searches our hearts(A) knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes(B) for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
Titus 1:3
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Titus 1:3
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3 in due time he revealed his word through the proclamation with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior,(A)
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2 Timothy 1:14
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2 Timothy 1:14
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14 Guard the good deposit entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us.
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14 Guard(A) the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.(B)
1 Timothy 1:11-13
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1 Timothy 1:11-13
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11 that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted.
Gratitude for Mercy
12 I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful and appointed me to his service,(A) 13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,(B)
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1 Timothy 1:11-13
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1 Timothy 1:11-13
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11 that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.(A)
The Lord’s Grace to Paul
12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength,(B) that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.(C) 13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor(D) and a violent man, I was shown mercy(E) because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.(F)
Ephesians 6:6
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Ephesians 6:6
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6 not with a slavery performed merely for looks, to please people, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul.
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6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ,(A) doing the will of God from your heart.
Jeremiah 32:19
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Jeremiah 32:19
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19 great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of mortals, rewarding all according to their ways and according to the fruit of their doings.(A)
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Jeremiah 32:19
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Jeremiah 32:19
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Psalm 17:3
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Psalm 17:3
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3 If you try my heart, if you visit me by night,
if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me;
my mouth does not transgress.(A)
Psalm 17:3
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Psalm 17:3
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1 Chronicles 29:17
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1 Chronicles 29:17
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17 I know, my God, that you search the heart and take pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people who are present here offering freely and joyously to you.(A)
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1 Chronicles 29:17
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1 Chronicles 29:17
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17 I know, my God, that you test the heart(A) and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you.(B)
Ephesians 3:8
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Ephesians 3:8
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8 Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring to the gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ(A)
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Ephesians 3:8
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Ephesians 3:8
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8 Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people,(A) this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles(B) the boundless riches of Christ,(C)
2 Corinthians 4:2
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2 Corinthians 4:2
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2 We have renounced the shameful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.(A)
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2 Corinthians 4:2
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2 Corinthians 4:2
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2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways;(A) we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God.(B) On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience(C) in the sight of God.
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