You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers — the Thessalonians are called to testify to what they have witnessed; their observation is the ground of Paul's vindication. The triadic ethical formula (hosios toward God, dikaios toward humanity, amomos toward the community) describes the apostle's irreprehensible life. Character is destiny in the apostolic office.

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