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1 Thessalonians 2:3-6

An entrusted message

A Ministry That Shares Its Life · 1 Thessalonians 2

Story guide: The appeal rejects deceit, greed, flattery, and the pursuit of human praise. This is an interpretive visual essay, not a record of an otherwise unreported event.

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3For our appeal does not come from error or impurity or deceit,

4But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak—not as pleasing people, but God, who tests our hearts.

5For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness.

6nor seeking glory from people, neither from you nor from others,

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