1 THESSALONIANS 2:4 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts — apostolic authority rests on divine approval and commission; Paul does not serve the crowd but answers to the God who examines (dokimazō) all human interiority. The asymmetry is absolute: pleasing God precludes merely pleasing humans.
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