1 Thessalonians 2:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:”
1 Thessalonians 2:5 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Thessalonians 2:515 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 2:5
For “neither at any time,” he says, “were we found using words of flattery”; that is, we did not flatter, which is the part of deceivers, who wish to get possession and to domineer. No one can say that we flattered in order to rule, nor that we had recourse to it for the sake of wealth. Of this, which was manifest, he afterwards calls them to be witnesses. “Whether we flattered,” he says, “you know.” But as to what was uncertain, namely, whether it were in the way of…
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