For we were never found using flattering words at any time, as you know, nor did we try to cover up any greedy desires. God can testify [to this].

And because of this we also thank God continually that, when you people received the message of God, which you heard from us, you did not accept it as a message from [mere] human beings, but as it truly is, the message from God, which is at work in you believers.

For you brothers became imitators of the churches of God in Judea, which are in [fellowship with] Christ, for you people also suffered the same things from your own countrymen that they did from the Jews,

For God did not call us to be morally impure, but to be dedicated to Him.

For God did not appoint us to [suffer His] wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ