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1 Thessalonians 2:1-5 (RSV)

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¹ For you yourselves know, brethren, that our visit to you was not in vain; ² but though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philip'pi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the face of great opposition. ³ For our appeal does not spring from error or uncleanness, nor is it made with guile; ⁴ but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please men, but to please God who tests our hearts. ⁵ For we never used either words of flattery, as you know, or a cloak for greed, as God is witness;


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 4) Pleasing God - We are not trying to please men but God

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 1) Sermon: Pleasing the Lord? (2004-01-18)
(v. 2) Sermon: Pleasing the Lord? (2004-01-18)
(v. 3) Sermon: Pleasing the Lord? (2004-01-18)
(v. 4) Sermon: Pleasing the Lord? (2004-01-18)
(v. 5) Sermon: Pleasing the Lord? (2004-01-18)