1 Thessalonians 2:5

We never used flattery, as you know, or found pretexts for making money, as God is our witness.

Acts 20:33

I have never coveted anyone's gold or silver or clothes.

Romans 1:9

As God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in spreading the good news of his Son, I never fail to mention you when I pray,

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with pretended arguments. From of old their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not slumbered.

Matthew 22:16

So they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, to say to him, "Master, we know that you tell the truth, and teach the way of God with sincerity, regardless of the consequences, for you are impartial.

Matthew 23:13

"But alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you lock the doors of the Kingdom of Heaven in men's faces, for you will neither go in yourselves nor let those enter who are trying to do so.

Romans 9:1

I am telling the truth as a Christian, it is no falsehood, for my conscience under the holy Spirit's influence bears me witness in it,

Romans 16:18

Such men are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own base passions, and with their plausible and flattering talk they deceive simple-minded people.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For I am no peddler of God's message, like most men, but like a man of sincerity, commissioned by God and in his presence, in union with Christ I utter his message.

2 Corinthians 4:2

I disown disgraceful, underhanded ways. I refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's message. It is by the open statement of the truth that I would commend myself to every human conscience in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 7:2

Make room for me in your hearts. I have not wronged or harmed or got the better of anybody.

2 Corinthians 12:17

Yet did I make anything out of you by anybody that I sent to you?

Galatians 1:20

(In writing you this, I call God to witness that I am telling the truth!)

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You will testify, and God will, how pure and upright and irreproachable our relations were with you who believed.

1 Timothy 3:3

not addicted to drink or pugnacious, but a man of moderation and peace, not avaricious,

1 Timothy 3:8

Assistants, in turn, must be serious, straightforward men, not addicted to wine or dishonest gain,

Titus 1:7

For as God's overseer a superintendent must be irreproachable, not arrogant or quick-tempered or given to drink or pugnacious or addicted to dishonest gain,

2 Peter 2:14-15

They have eyes for nobody but adulterous women??yes insatiable in sin. They lure unsteadfast souls. Their hearts are trained in greed. They are accursed!

2 Peter 2:18

They utter arrogant nonsense and use physical cravings to lure into immorality men who are just escaping from among those who live in error;

Jude 1:11

Alas for them, for they follow Cain's path, they plunge into Balaam's error for gain, and they perish in rebelliousness like Korah's.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

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Bible References

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Matthew 22:16
So they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, to say to him, "Master, we know that you tell the truth, and teach the way of God with sincerity, regardless of the consequences, for you are impartial.
2 Peter 2:18
They utter arrogant nonsense and use physical cravings to lure into immorality men who are just escaping from among those who live in error;

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1 Thessalonians 2:3
For our appeal does not rest on a delusion, nor spring from any impure motive; there is no fraud about it.