1 Thessalonians 2:4

Paul's Approach To Ministry In Thessalonica

³ For our exhortation was not of error nor of uncleanness nor in guile, ⁴ but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts. ⁵ For we were never flatterers in the word, as ye know, nor tainted with covetousness, God is witness,

Approved by God

Entrusted with the Gospel

Good News

Preach the Gospel

Put In Trust With The Gospel

O God

Christ

No

Galatians 1:10

For do I now persuade men or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the slave of Christ.

Galatians 2:7

But to the contrary, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter

Romans 8:27

But he that searches the hearts knows what is the desire of the Spirit, that according to the will of God, he makes entreaty for the saints.

Psalm 17:3

Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast refined me and hast found no iniquity; that which I thought did not pass through my mouth.

Numbers 27:16

Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

1 Kings 8:39

then thou shalt hear in the heavens, in the habitation of thy dwelling place, and forgive and do and give to each one according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the sons of men),

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know also, my God, that thou dost try the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now have I seen with joy that thy people, who are present here, have given willingly unto thee.

Psalm 7:9

Let wickedness consume the wicked; but establish the just: for the righteous God is he who tries the hearts and kidneys.

Psalm 44:21

shall not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

Psalm 139:1-2

O LORD, thou hast searched me and known me.

Proverbs 17:3

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tries the hearts.

Jeremiah 17:10

I the LORD search the heart; I try the kidneys, even to give each man according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 32:19

great in counsel and magnificent in works: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men to give unto each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings;

Luke 12:42

And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward whom his lord shall make ruler over his household to give them their portion of food in due season?

Luke 16:11

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true?

John 2:24-25

But Jesus did not trust himself unto them because he knew all men

John 21:17

He said unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said unto him, Feed my sheep.

1 Corinthians 2:4-5

And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

1 Corinthians 4:1-2

Let us reckon men as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord, yet I give my advice, as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

1 Corinthians 9:17

For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, the stewardship of the gospel is committed unto me.

2 Corinthians 4:2

but remove from ourselves every hidden shameful thing, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God, but in the manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 5:11

Therefore being certain of that terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God, and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

2 Corinthians 5:16

Therefore from now on we know no one according to the flesh: and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him no longer.

Ephesians 3:8

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Christ

Ephesians 6:6

not to be seen as only pleasing men, but as the slaves of the Christ, doing the will of God from within,

Colossians 3:22

Slaves, in all things hearken unto your masters according to the flesh, not serving to be seen as those who only please men, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;

1 Timothy 1:11-13

according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

1 Timothy 6:20

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, turn away from profane voices and vain things and arguments in the vain name of science,

2 Timothy 1:14

Keep the good deposit committed unto thee by the Holy Spirit which dwells in us.

2 Timothy 2:2

And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

Titus 1:3

and has manifested in due times. It is his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

Hebrews 4:13

Neither is there any created thing that is not manifested in his presence, but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him of whom we speak.

Revelation 2:23

And I will kill her children with death, and all the congregations shall know that I AM he that searches the kidneys and hearts, and I will give unto each one of you according to your works.