1 Thessalonians 2:3-6

Living_Oracles(i) 3 Besides, our exhortation was not from error, nor from impurity, nor with guile. 4 But as we were approved of God, to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who tries our hearts. 5 For neither did we, at any time, use flattering words, or a pretext for covetousness; God is witness. 6 Neither sought we honor from men; neither from you, nor from others. We might have acted with authority, as Apostles of Christ;