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1 Thessalonians 2:3

James Moffatt - New Testament

For the appeal we make does not spring from any delusion or from impure motives — it does not work by cunning;

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I disown those practices which very shame conceals from view; I do not go about it craftily; I do not falsify the word of God; I state the truth openly and so commend myself to every man's conscience before God.

I am, for I am not like most, adulterating the word of God; like a man of sincerity, like a man of God, I speak the word in Christ before the very presence of God.

God did not call us to be impure but to be consecrated;

Make a place for me in your hearts; I have wronged no one, ruined no one, taken advantage of no one.

(It is Christ Jesus as Lord, not myself, that I proclaim; I am simply a servant of yours for Jesus' sake.)

For it was no fabricated fables that we followed when we reported to you the power and advent of our Lord Jesus Christ; we were admitted to the spectacle of his sovereignty,

Therefore God visits them with an active delusion, till they put faith in falsehood,

how (as you know) we treated each of you as a father treats his children, beseeching you, encouraging you, and charging you

'Apostles'? They are spurious apostles, false workmen — they are masquerading as 'apostles of Christ.'

Thus Joseph, who was surnamed Barnabas or (as it may be translated) 'Son of Encouragement' by the apostles, a Levite of Cypriote birth,

and, after the reading of the Law and the prophets, the presidents of the synagogue sent to tell them, "Brothers, if you have any word of counsel for the people, say it."

amid honour and dishonour, amid evil report and good report, an 'impostor' but honest,




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