1 Thessalonians 2:4-5 we preach the gospel just as God thought fit to intrust it with us, not being studious to please men, but God, who approves our sincerity.

Mace⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ we preach the gospel just as God thought fit to intrust it with us, not being studious to please men, but God, who approves our sincerity. ⁵ our address to you was without any flattery, as you yourselves can witness, and God is witness that we had no avarice to disguise.