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1 Thessalonians 2:4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good news, so we speak to please, not men, but God, who examines our hearts.+

1 Thessalonians 2:4

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 4 ἀλλὰ but καθὼς according as δεδοκιμάσμεθα we have been proved ὑπὸ by τοῦ the θεοῦ God πιστευθῆναι to be entrusted with τὸ the εὐαγγέλιον good news οὕτως thus λαλοῦμεν, we are speaking, οὐχ not ὡς as ἀνθρώποις to men ἀρέσκοντες pleasing ἀλλὰ but θεῷ to God τῷ the (one) δοκιμάζοντι proving τὰς the καρδίας hearts ἡμῶν. of us.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 4 but, just as we have been proved by God as fit to be entrusted+ with the good news, so we speak, as pleasing,+ not men, but God, who makes proof of our hearts.+

1 Thessalonians 2:4

The Bible in Living English
- 4 but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel message, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who assays our hearts.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

American Standard Version
- 4 but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

The Emphasized Bible
- 4 But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the glad-message so we speak,—Not as unto men giving pleasure But unto God—who proveth our hearts.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

King James Version
- 4 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.