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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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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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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Romans 8:27
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27 And God,[a] who searches hearts, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit[b] intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.(A)
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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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14 Guard the good deposit entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us.
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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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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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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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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)
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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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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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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1 Corinthians 9:17
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17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a wage, but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission.(A)
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1 Corinthians 4:1-2
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The Ministry of the Apostles
4 Think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries.(A) 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.
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Luke 16:11
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11 If, then, you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth,[a] who will entrust to you the true riches?(A)
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- 16.11 Gk mammon
Proverbs 17:3
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3 The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,
but the Lord tests the heart.(A)
1 Kings 8:39
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39 then hear in heaven your dwelling place, forgive, act, and render to all whose hearts you know—according to all their ways, for only you know the human heart(A)—
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Numbers 27:16
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16 “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint someone over the congregation(A)
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Revelation 2:23
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23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.(A)
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Hebrews 4:13
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13 And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an account.(A)
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1 Timothy 6:20
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Personal Instructions and Benediction
20 Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge;(A)
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Colossians 3:22
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22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters[a] in everything, not with a slavery performed merely for looks, to please people, but wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.[b](A)
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2 Corinthians 5:11
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The Ministry of Reconciliation
11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences.(A)
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1 Corinthians 2:4-5
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4 My speech and my proclamation were made not with persuasive words of wisdom[a] but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,(A) 5 so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.
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- 2.4 Other ancient authorities read the persuasiveness of wisdom
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