1 Thessalonians 2:3 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

³ Our appeal to you was not based on a delusion, nor was it made from unworthy motives, or with any intention of misleading you.

³³ I have never coveted any one's gold or silver or clothing. ³⁴ You, yourselves, know that these hands of mine provided not only for my own wants, but for my companions also.

¹⁷ Unlike many people, we are not in the habit of making profit out of God's Message; but in all sincerity, and bearing God's commission, we speak before him in union with Christ.

² No, we have renounced the secrecy prompted by shame, refusing to adopt crafty ways, or to tamper with God's Message, and commending ourselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God, by our exhibition of the Truth.

⁵ (For it is not ourselves that we proclaim, but Christ Jesus, as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.)

² Make room for us in your hearts. In no instance have we ever wronged, or harmed, or taken advantage of, any one.

¹³ Men of this stamp are false apostles, treacherous workers, disguising themselves as Apostles of Christ!

¹⁶ You will admit that I was not a burden to you but you say that I was "crafty" and caught you "by a trick"! ¹⁷ Do you assert that I took advantage of you through any of those whom I have sent to you? ¹⁸ I urged Titus to go, and I sent our Brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Did not we live in the same Spirit, and tread in the same footsteps?

⁵ Never at any time, as you know, did we use the language of flattery, or make false professions in order to hide selfish aims. God will bear witness to that. ⁶ Nor did we seek to win honour from men, whether from you or from others, although, as Apostles of Christ, we might have burdened you with our support.

¹¹ Indeed, you know that, like a father with his own children, we used to encourage and comfort every one of you, and solemnly plead with you;

¹ Further, Brothers, we beg and exhort you in the name of our Lord Jesus to carry out more fully than ever--as indeed you are already doing--all that you have heard from us as to what your daily life must be, if it is to please God. ² For you have not forgotten the directions that we gave you on the authority of our Lord Jesus.

⁷ For God's Call to us does not permit of an impure life, but demands purity.

¹¹ That is why God places them under the influence of a delusion, to cause them to believe a lie;

¹⁶ For we were not following cleverly devised stories when we told you of the Coming in power of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eye-witnesses of his majesty.