1 Thessalonians 2:3 BSB

1 Thessalonians 2:3

For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

KJV

For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For our exhortation - That is, the exhortation to embrace the gospel. The word seems to be used here so as to include preaching in general. The sense is, that the means which they used to induce them to become Christians were not such as to delude them. Was not of deceit - Was not founded on sophistry. The apostle means to say, that the Thessalonians knew that his manner of preaching was not such as was adopted by the advocates of error. Nor of uncleanness - Not such as to lead to an impure life.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was the sincere and uncorrupted gospel that he preached and exhorted them to believe and obey. His design was not to set up a faction, to draw men over to a party, but to promote pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father. The gospel he preached was without deceit, it was true and faithful; it was not fallacious, nor a cunningly-devised fable.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

So Simon Magus and Cerinthus taught [ESTIUS]. exhortation--The Greek means "consolation" as well as "exhortation." The same Gospel which exhorts comforts. Its first lesson to each is that of peace in believing amidst outward and inward sorrows.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
γὰρ	gar	For	G1063 →
παράκλησις	paraklēsis	the exhortation	G3874 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	of us	G3165 →
οὐκ	ouk	[is] not	G3756 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
πλάνης	planēs	error	G4106 →
οὐδὲ	oude	nor	G3761 →
ἐξ	ex	of	G1537 →
ἀκαθαρσίας	akatharsias	impurity	G167 →
οὐδὲ	oude	nor	G3761 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
δόλῳ·	dolō	trickery;	G1388 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
leads to
- Leviticus 11:44
  For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
- 1 Peter 2:9–12
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Ephesians 1:4
  For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
- 1 Peter 1:14–16
  As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
Through
2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 4:2
  Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to…
- 2 Peter 2:1–3
  Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on…
Through
2 Corinthians 4:2
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 2:17
  For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:3–5
  For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Thessalonians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Thessalonians