Verse 4

but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts.

Referenced Verses

  • Gal 1:10 : 10 Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!
  • Gal 2:7 : 7 On the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised just as Peter was entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised
  • Rom 8:27 : 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God’s will.
  • 1 Cor 4:1-2 : 1 The Apostles’ Ministry One should think about us this way– as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.
  • Jer 32:19 : 19 You plan great things and you do mighty deeds. You see everything people do. You reward each of them for the way they live and for the things they do.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.
  • Ps 17:3 : 3 You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.
  • 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.
  • Col 3:22 : 22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching– like those who are strictly people-pleasers– but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.
  • Titus 1:3 : 3 But now in his own time he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior.
  • Heb 4:13 : 13 And no creature is hidden from God, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay each one of you what your deeds deserve.
  • 1 Tim 1:11-13 : 11 This accords with the glorious gospel of the blessed God that was entrusted to me. 12 I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry, 13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,
  • 1 Tim 6:20 : 20 Conclusion O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called“knowledge.”
  • 2 Tim 1:14 : 14 Protect that good thing entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.
  • 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And what you heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be competent to teach others as well.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.
  • 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 The Message of Reconciliation Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.
  • 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer.
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
  • Eph 6:6 : 6 not like those who do their work only when someone is watching– as people-pleasers– but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.
  • Ps 44:21 : 21 would not God discover it, for he knows one’s thoughts?
  • Ps 139:1-2 : 1 For the music director, a psalm of David. O LORD, you examine me and know. 2 You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.
  • Prov 17:3 : 3 The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the LORD tests hearts.
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I, the LORD, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.
  • Ps 7:9 : 9 May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!
  • Num 27:16 : 16 “Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the community,
  • 1 Kgs 8:39 : 39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives.(Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)
  • Luke 12:42 : 42 The Lord replied,“Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his household servants, to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?
  • Luke 16:11 : 11 If then you haven’t been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?
  • John 2:24-25 : 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people. 25 He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew what was in man.
  • John 21:17 : 17 Jesus said a third time,“Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that Jesus asked him a third time,“Do you love me?” and said,“Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus replied,“Feed my sheep.
  • 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 Remaining Unmarried With regard to the question about people who have never married, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.
  • 1 Cor 2:4-5 : 4 My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.