But as (A)we have been approved by God (B)to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, (C)not as pleasing men, but God (D)who tests our hearts.

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10 For (A)do I now (B)persuade men, or God? Or (C)do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

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27 Now (A)He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints (B)according to the will of God.

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But on the contrary, (A)when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised (B)had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter

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You have tested my heart;
You have visited me in the night;
(A)You have [a]tried me and have found [b]nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth shall not (B)transgress.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 17:3 examined
  2. Psalm 17:3 Nothing evil

14 That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

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(A)not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

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but has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;

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11 according to the glorious gospel of the (A)blessed God which was (B)committed to my trust.

Glory to God for His Grace(C)

12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has (D)enabled me, (E)because He counted me faithful, (F)putting me into the ministry, 13 although (G)I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an [a]insolent man; but I obtained mercy because (H)I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 1:13 violently arrogant

Purpose of the Mystery

To me, (A)who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles (B)the unsearchable riches of Christ,

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19 You are (A)great in counsel and mighty in [a]work, for Your (B)eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, (C)to give everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings.

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  1. Jeremiah 32:19 deed

17 I know also, my God, that You (A)test the heart and (B)have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here to offer willingly to You.

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But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor [a]handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth (A)commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:2 adulterating the word of God

17 For if I do this willingly, (A)I have a reward; but if against my will, (B)I have been entrusted with a stewardship.

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Stewards of the Mysteries of God

Let a man so consider us, as (A)servants of Christ (B)and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.

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11 Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

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The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
(A)But the Lord tests the hearts.

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God’s Perfect Knowledge of Man

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

139 O Lord, (A)You have searched me and known me.
(B)You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You (C)understand my thought afar off.

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39 then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to everyone according to all his ways, whose heart You know (for You alone (A)know the hearts of all the sons of men),

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16 “Let the Lord, (A)the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

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23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who (A)searches[a] the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 2:23 examines

13 (A)And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are (B)naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

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Guard the Faith

20 O Timothy! (A)Guard what was committed to your trust, (B)avoiding the profane and [a]idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge—

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  1. 1 Timothy 6:20 empty chatter

22 (A)Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.

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11 Knowing, therefore, (A)the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.

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