1 Thessalonians 2:4 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ But, just as we have been tested by God, so that the Gospel would be entrusted to us, so also did we speak, not so as to please men, but rather to please God, who tests our hearts.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ but as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the glad tidings (the Gospel), so we speak not to please men but to please God, Who tests our hearts [expecting them to be approved].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.

Common English Bible

⁴ Rather, we have been examined and approved by God to be trusted with the good news, and that’s exactly how we speak. We aren’t trying to please people, but we are trying to please God, who continues to examine our hearts.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ But as we were approved by God that the gospel should be committed to us: even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who proveth our hearts.

1 Thessalonians 2:4 পৰস্পৰ সংযোগসমূহ

Galatians 1:10

For am I now persuading men, or God? Or, am I seeking to please men? If I still were pleasing men, then I would not be a servant of Christ.

Romans 8:27

And he who examines hearts knows what the Spirit seeks, because he asks on behalf of the saints in accordance with God.

Galatians 2:7

But it was to the contrary, since they had seen that the Gospel to the uncircumcised was entrusted to me, just as the Gospel to the circumcised was entrusted to Peter.

2 Timothy 1:14

Guard the good entrusted to you through the Holy Spirit, who lives within us.

Psalm 17:3

The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my liberator. My God is my helper, and I hope in him: my protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my support.

Ephesians 6:6

Do not serve only when seen, as if to please men, but act as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.

Titus 1:3

which, at the proper time, he has manifested by his Word, in the preaching that has been entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior;

Ephesians 3:8

Although I am the least of all the saints, I have been given this grace: to evangelize among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

2 Corinthians 4:2

For we renounce dishonorable and hidden acts, not walking by craftiness, nor by adulterating the Word of God. Instead, by the manifestation of truth, we commend ourselves to the conscience of each man before God.

Jeremiah 32:19

You are great in counsel and incomprehensible in thought. Your eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of Adam, so that you may repay each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his intentions.

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you test hearts, and that you love simplicity. Therefore, in the simplicity of my heart, I also have offered all these things joyfully. And I have seen, with immense gladness, your people, who have been found here, offering their donations to you.

1 Corinthians 9:17

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if I do this reluctantly, a dispensation is granted to me.

Luke 16:11

So then, if you have not been faithful with iniquitous mammon, who will trust you with what is true?

Proverbs 17:3

Just as silver is tested by fire, and gold is tested in the furnace, so also does the Lord test hearts.

1 Kings 8:39

you will hear in heaven, in your dwelling place, and you will forgive. And you will act so that you give to each one in accord with his own ways, just as you see in his heart, for you alone know the heart of all the sons of men.

Numbers 27:16

"May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, provide a man, who may be over this multitude,

Revelation 2:23

And I will put her sons to death, and all the Churches shall know that I am the one who examines temperaments and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works. But I say to you,

Hebrews 4:13

And there is no created thing that is invisible to his sight. For all things are naked and open to the eyes of him, about whom we are speaking.

1 Timothy 6:20

O Timothy, guard what has been deposited with you, avoiding the voice of profane novelties and of opposing ideas, which are falsely called knowledge.

Colossians 3:22

Servants, obey, in all things, your lords according to the flesh, not serving only when seen, as if to please men, but serving in simplicity of heart, fearing God.

2 Corinthians 5:11

Therefore, having knowledge of the fear of the Lord, we appeal to men, but we are made manifest before God. Yet I hope, too, that we may be made manifest in your consciences.

Jeremiah 17:10

I am the Lord, who examines the heart and tests the temperament, who gives to each one according to his way and according to the fruit of his own decisions.

2 Timothy 2:2

and by the things which you have heard from me through many witnesses. These things encourage faithful men, who shall then be suitable to teach others also.

2 Corinthians 5:16

And so, from now on, we know no one according to the flesh. And though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him in this way no longer.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord. But I give counsel, as one who has obtained the mercy of the Lord, so as to be faithful.

John 21:17

He said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was very grieved that he had asked him a third time, "Do you love me?" And so he said to him: "Lord, you know all things. You know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my sheep.

Luke 12:42

So the Lord said: "Who do you think is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his Lord has appointed over his family, in order to give them their measure of wheat in due time?

Psalm 7:9

The Lord judges the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice and according to my innocence within me.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not like many others, adulterating the Word of God. But instead, we speak with sincerity: from God, before God, and in Christ.

1 Peter 4:11

When anyone speaks, it should be like words of God. When anyone ministers, it should be from the virtue that God provides, so that in all things God may be honored through Jesus Christ. To him is glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

2 Kings 16:16

And so Uriah, the priest, acted in accord with all that king Ahaz had instructed to him.