1 Thessalonians 2:5

James Moffatt - New Testament

We never resorted to flattery (you know that), nor to any pretext for self-seeking (God is witness to that);

Cross References

2 Corinthians 12:17

Did I make something out of you by any of my messengers?

Romans 1:9

God is my witness, the God whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I always mention you in my prayers,

Acts 20:33

Silver, gold, or apparel I never coveted;

Galatians 1:20

(I am writing you the sheer truth, I swear it before God!)

2 Peter 2:3

in their lust they will exploit you with cunning arguments — men whose doom comes apace from of old, and destruction is awake upon their trail.

1 Peter 5:2

be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly instead of being pressed to it, not to make a base profit from it but freely,

Titus 1:7

[For a bishop must be above reproach — he is a steward of God's house — he must not be presumptuous or hot-tempered or a drunkard or violent or addicted to pilfering;

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You are witnesses, and so is God, to our behaviour among you believers, how pious and upright and blameless it was,

2 Corinthians 7:2

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

2 Peter 2:18

By talking arrogant futilities they beguile with the sensual lure of fleshly passion those who are just escaping from the company of misconduct —

1 Timothy 3:8

Deacons in turn are to be serious men; they are not to be tale-bearers or addicted to drink or pilfering;

1 Timothy 3:3

not a drunkard or violent, but lenient and conciliatory, not a lover of money,

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.

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.

Romans 16:18

Such creatures are no servants of Christ our Lord, they are slaves of their own base desires; with their plausible and pious talk they beguile the hearts of unsuspecting people. But surely not of you!

Romans 9:1

I am telling the truth in Christ — it is no lie, my conscience bears me out in the holy Spirit

Matthew 23:13

Woe to you, you impious scribes and Pharisees! you shut the Realm of heaven in men's faces; you neither enter yourselves, nor will you let those enter who are on the point of entering.

Matthew 22:16

They sent him their disciples with the Herodians, who said, "Teacher, we know you are sincere and that you teach the Way of God honestly and fearlessly; you do not court human favour.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! they go the road of Cain, rush into Balaam's error for what it brings them, and perish in Korah's rebellion.