1 Thessalonians 2:5
for at no time did we come with speech of flattery, (as ye have known,) nor in a pretext for covetousness, (God is witness!)This verse in the real world
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- κολακείαkolakeíaflattery
- πρόφασιςpróphasisan outward showing, i.e. pretext
- πλεονεξίαpleonexíaavarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion
- ποτέpotéindefinite adverb, at some time, ever
- μάρτυςmártysa witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr"
- οὔτεoútenot too, i.e. neither or nor; by analogy, not even
- καθώςkathṓsjust (or inasmuch) as, that
- λόγοςlógossomething said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), al
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Rom 1:9, 2Co 12:17, Act 20:33, Gal 1:20, 2Pe 2:3, 2Co 7:2, 2Pe 2:14–15, Rev 18:12–13