1 Thessalonians 2:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted  with the gospel,  so we speak, not to please people, but rather God,  who examines 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.

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.

1 Thessalonians 2:4 Cross References

1 Kings 8:39

may you hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and may you forgive, act, and give to everyone according to all their ways, since you know each heart, for you alone know every human heart,

2 Kings 16:16

The priest Uriah did everything King Ahaz commanded.

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you test the heart  and that you are pleased with what is right.  I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present  here giving joyfully and  willingly to you.

Proverbs 17:3

A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, and the Lord is the tester of hearts.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, examine the mind, I test the heart  , to give to each according to his way, according to what his actions deserve.

Jeremiah 32:19

the one great in counsel and powerful in action. Your eyes are on all the ways of the children of men  in order to reward each person according to his ways and as the result of his actions.

Numbers 27:16

‘May the Lord, the God who gives breath to all,  , appoint a man over the community

Luke 12:42

The Lord said, ‘Who then is the faithful and sensible manager   his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food   at the proper time?

Luke 16:11

So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will trust you with what is genuine?

John 21:17

He asked him the third time, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love   me? ’ Peter was grieved  that he asked him the third time, ‘Do you love me? ’ He said, ‘Lord, you know everything;  you know that I love you.’ ‘Feed   my sheep,’ Jesus said.

Romans 8:27

And he who searches our hearts  knows the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now about virgins:  I have no command from the Lord, but I do give an opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy  is faithful.

1 Corinthians 9:17

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if unwillingly, I am entrusted  with a commission.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we do not market the word of God  for profit like so many.  On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful things, not acting  deceitfully or distorting the word of God,  but commending ourselves before God to everyone’s conscience by an open display of the truth.

2 Corinthians 5:11

Therefore, since we know the fear of the Lord,  we try to persuade people. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your consciences.

2 Corinthians 5:16

From now on, then, we do not know anyone from a worldly perspective.  Even if we have known Christ from a worldly perspective,  yet now we no longer know him in this way.

Galatians 1:10

For am I now trying to persuade people,  or God?  Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Galatians 2:7

On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised,  just as Peter  was for the circumcised,

Ephesians 3:8

This grace was given to me #– #the least of all the saints #– #to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches  of Christ,

Ephesians 6:6

Don’t work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing God’s will  from your heart.

Colossians 3:22

Slaves, obey your human  masters in everything. Don’t work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.

1 Timothy 6:20

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you,  avoiding  irreverent and empty speech and contradictions from what is falsely called knowledge.

2 Timothy 1:14

Guard the good deposit through the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

2 Timothy 2:2

What you have heard from me  in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful  men  who will be able to teach others also.

Titus 1:3

In his own time he has revealed  his word  in the preaching with which I was entrusted  by the command  of God our Saviour:

Hebrews 4:13

No creature is hidden from him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom  we must give an account.

1 Peter 4:11

If anyone speaks, let it be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, let it be from the strength God provides,  so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 2:23

I will strike her children dead.   , Then all the churches will know that I am the one who examines minds and hearts,   and I will give to each of you according to your works.