1 Thessalonians 2:5 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

As you know, we never used flattery or schemes to make money. God is our witness!(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

ASV:

For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;

BBE:

For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,

DBY:

For we have not at any time been among you with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God is witness;

ERV:

For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness, God is witness;

WEY:

For, as you are well aware, we have never used the language of flattery nor have we found pretexts for enriching ourselves--God is our witness;

WBS:

For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

WEB:

For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),

YLT:

for at no time did we come with speech of flattery, (as ye have known,) nor in a pretext for covetousness, (God is witness!)

1 Thessalonians 2:5 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 20:33 "I have coveted no one's silver or gold or clothes.

Romans 1:9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you,

1 Thessalonians 2:10 You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and uprightly and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers;

2 Peter 2:3 and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

2:5 For neither at any time used we flattering words. He would have used these if he had sought to please men, but he told them plainly of their sins.
Nor a cloke of covetousness. Nor did he have a covetous motive and conceal it by fair pretenses.

WES:

2:5 Flattering words - This ye know. Nor a cloak of covetousness - Of this God is witness. He calls men to witness an open fact; God, the secret intentions of the heart. In a point of a mixed nature, 1Th 2:10, he appeals both to God and man.

MHC:

2:1-6 The apostle had no wordly design in his preaching. Suffering in a good cause should sharpen holy resolution. The gospel of Christ at first met with much opposition; and it was preached with contention, with striving in preaching, and against opposition. And as the matter of the apostle's exhortation was true and pure, the manner of his speaking was without guile. The gospel of Christ is designed for mortifying corrupt affections, and that men may be brought under the power of faith. This is the great motive to sincerity, to consider that God not only sees all we do, but knows our thoughts afar off, and searches the heart. And it is from this God who trieth our hearts, that we must receive our reward. The evidences of the apostle's sincerity were, that he avoided flattery and covetousness. He avoided ambition and vain-glory.

CONC:

FALSE Cloak Cloke Common Cover Covetousness Desiring Discourse Either Enriching Flattering Flattery Greed Greed-god Language Mask Ourselves Pretext Pretexts Profit Secretly Smooth-sounding Speech Using Witness Witness-

Aware Cloak Cloke Common Covetousness Desiring Discourse Enriching Flattering Flattery Found Language Ourselves Pretext Pretexts Secretly Speech Time Use Used Using Witness Words

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