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1 Thessalonians 2:3

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2:3 For the appeal we make 1  does not come 2  from error or impurity or with deceit,

1 Thessalonians 2:5

Context
2:5 For we never appeared 3  with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed – God is our witness –
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[2:3]  1 tn Grk “For our exhortation.” Paul here uses παράκλησις (paraklhsis) to speak in broad terms about his preaching of the gospel, in which he urges or appeals to people to respond to God’s salvation (cf. the verb form παρακαλοῦντος [parakalounto"] in 2 Cor 5:20).

[2:3]  2 tn Grk “[is] not” (the verb “to be” is implied in the Greek construction).

[2:5]  3 tn Or “came on the scene,” “came.”



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