1 Thessalonians 2:3-5 For our exhortation was not from delusion, nor from impurity, nor in guile:

Godbey⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ For our exhortation was not from delusion, nor from impurity, nor in guile: ⁴ but as we were approved of God that the gospel should be intrusted unto us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who is proving our hearts, ⁵ For at that time we were not in word of flattery, as you know, nor in a pretext of covetousness, God is our witness;