1 Thessalonians 2:4

James Moffatt - New Testament

no, God has attested our fitness to be entrusted with the gospel, and so we tell the gospel not to satisfy men but to satisfy the God who tests our hearts.

Cross References

Galatians 1:10

Now is that 'appealing to the interests of men' or of God? Trying to 'satisfy men'? Why, if I still tried to give satisfaction to human masters, I would be no servant of Christ.

Romans 8:27

and He who searches the human heart knows what is in the mind of the Spirit, since the Spirit pleads before God for the saints.

Galatians 2:7

On the contrary, when they saw I had been entrusted with the gospel for the benefit of the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been for the circumcised

2 Timothy 1:14

Keep the great securities of your faith intact, by aid of the holy Spirit that dwells within us.

Ephesians 6:6

instead of merely working when their eye is on you, like those who court human favour, do God's will from the heart like servants of Christ,

Titus 1:3

he gave effect to his word in due time by a proclamation with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Saviour: —

Ephesians 3:8

less than the least of all saints as I am, this grace was vouchsafed me, that I should bring the Gentiles the gospel of the fathomless wealth of Christ

2 Corinthians 4:2

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.

1 Corinthians 9:17

I get a reward if I do it of my own accord, whereas to do it otherwise is no more than for a steward to discharge his trust.

Luke 16:11

So, if you are not faithful with dishonest mammon, how can you ever be trusted with true Riches?

Revelation 2:23

and her children I will exterminate. So shall all the churches know that I am the searcher of the inmost heart; I will requite each of you according to what you have done.

Hebrews 4:13

And no created thing is hidden from him; all things lie open and exposed before the eyes of him with whom we have to reckon.

1 Timothy 6:20

O Timotheus, keep the securities of the faith intact: avoid the profane jargon and contradictions of what is falsely called 'Knowledge.'

Colossians 3:22

Servants, obey your masters here below at every point; do not work simply when their eye is on you, like those who court human favour, but serve them with a single heart out of reverence for your Lord and Master.

2 Corinthians 5:11

If I 'appeal to the interests of men,' then, it is with the fear of the Lord before my mind. What I am is plain to God without disguise, plain also, I trust, to your own conscience.

2 Timothy 2:2

and transmit the instructions I gave you in presence of many witnesses to trustworthy men, that they may be competent to teach others.

2 Corinthians 5:16

Once convinced of this, then, I estimate no one by what is external; even though I once estimated Christ by what is external, I no longer estimate him thus.

1 Corinthians 7:25

I have no orders from the Lord for unmarried women, but I will give you the opinion of one whom you can trust, after all the Lord's mercy to him.

John 21:17

For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.

Luke 12:42

The Lord said, "Well, where is the trusty, thoughtful steward whom the lord and master will set over his establishment to give out supplies at the proper time?

2 Corinthians 2:17

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.

1 Peter 4:11

If anyone preaches, he must preach as one who utters the words of God; if anyone renders some service, it must be as one who is supplied by God with power, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. The glory and the dominion are his for ever and ever: Amen.