1 Thessalonians 2:5 KJV

1 Thessalonians · chapter 2 · verse 5

For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:1 Thessalonians 2:5 · King James Version

1 Thessalonians 2:5 in context

3For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

4But 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.

5For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

6Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

7But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

Here we have an account of Paul's manner of preaching, and his comfortable reflection upon his entrance in among the Thessalonians.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6

covetousnesspleonexiagreedy desire to have more, covetousness, avariceG4124 →
witnessmartysa witness, in a legal sense, an historical sense, one who is a spectator of anything…G3144 →
wordsenin, by, with etcG1722 →
wordslogosof speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone…G3056 →
clokeprophasisa pretext , show, under colour as though they would do something, in pretence, ostensiblyG4392 →
timepoteonceG4218 →