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1 Thessalonians 2:4-6
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1 Thessalonians 2:4-6
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4 but just as we have been approved by God (A)to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not (B)to please man, but to please God (C)who tests our hearts. 5 (D)For we never came with words of flattery,[a] as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—(E)God is witness. 6 (F)Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, (G)though we could have made (H)demands as (I)apostles of Christ.
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Or with a flattering speech
John 7:18
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John 7:18
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18 The one who speaks on his own authority (A)seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.
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