1 Thessalonians 2:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

1 Thessalonians 2:5 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

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Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
Acts 20:33
I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
2 Corinthians 12:17
Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
Galatians 1:20
Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
2 Peter 2:3
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Topics

Agency Avarice Covetousness Cupidity Deceit Deception Decision Falsehood

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

Here we have an account of Paul’s manner of preaching, and his comfortable reflection upon his entrance in among the Thessalonians. As he had the testimony of his own conscience witnessing to his integrity, so he could appeal to the Thessalonians how faithful he, and Silas, and Timotheus, his helpers in the work of the Lord, had discharged their office: You yourselves, brethren, know our entrance…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. used we flattering words--literally, “become (that is, have we been found) in (the use of) language of flattery”; the resource of those who try to “please men.” as ye know--“Ye know” as to whether I flattered you; as to “covetousness,” God, the Judge of the heart, alone can be “my witness.” cloak of--that is, any specious guise under which I might cloak “covetousness.”