New Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Thessalonians 2:4
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Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.
BSB text & permissions
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.
KJV text & permissions
But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak—not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
WEB text & permissions
ASVAmerican Standard Version
but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.
ASV text & permissions
but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, the [One] proving our hearts.
BLB text & permissions