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1 Thessalonians 2:4

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἀλλὰallabutG235 →
καθὼςkathōseven asG2531 →
δεδοκιμάσμεθαdedokimasmethawe have been approvedG1381 →
ὑπὸhupobyG5259 →
τοῦtou<the>G3588 →
θεοῦtheouGodG2316 →
πιστευθῆναιpisteuthēnaito be entrusted withG4100 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
εὐαγγέλιον,euangeliongospel,G2098 →
οὕτωςhoutōssoG3779 →
λαλοῦμεν,laloumenwe speak,G2980 →
οὐχouchnotG3756 →
ὡςhōsasG5613 →
ἀνθρώποιςanthrōpoismenG444 →
ἀρέσκοντεςareskontespleasingG700 →
ἀλλὰallabutG235 →
θεῷtheōas GodG2316 →
τῷtōwhoG3588 →
δοκιμάζοντιdokimazontiis examiningG1381 →
τὰςtastheG3588 →
καρδίαςkardiasheartsG2588 →
ἡμῶν.hēmōnof us.G3165 →

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2 Timothy 2:15Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.2 Timothy 2:4A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.Galatians 1:10Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.Romans 8:27And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.Galatians 2:7On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.Romans 2:29No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.2 Timothy 1:14Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.Hebrews 11:5By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.Acts 20:27For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.Ephesians 6:6And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, 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 every man’s conscience in the sight of God.1 Chronicles 29:17I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.Jeremiah 32:19the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.Ephesians 3:8Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,1 Corinthians 4:1–2So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.Titus 1:3In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.Psalms 139:1–2O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

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