1 Thessalonians 2:4-6
2:4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts.
2:5 For we never appeared 1 with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed – God is our witness –
2:6 nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,
1 tn Or “came on the scene,” “came.”