1 Thessalonians 2:3-5

Darby Translation

³ For our exhortation [was] not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile;

⁴ but even as we have been approved of God to have the glad tidings entrusted to us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts.

⁵ For we have not at any time been [among you] with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God [is] witness;