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1 Thessalonians 2:3-4
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3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
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For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you.
4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
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On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.