1 Thessalonians 2:3-5

21st Century King James Version

³ For our exhortation was not from deceit, nor from uncleanness, nor from guile;

⁴ but as we were allowed by God to be entrusted with the Gospel, even so we speak not as pleasing men, but God, who trieth our hearts.

⁵ For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is our witness),