Search results
Oct 7, 2016 · Truth still was not in their mouths because 1) they did not believe the true words and 2) their flattery was merely a smokescreen for their attempt to destroy Jesus’s public credibility and influence. They were speaking the language of their father, the devil (John 8:44), who also uses true words in lying ways.
Jan 4, 2022 · The Bible has a lot to say about flattery. The book of Proverbs warns of the “flattering lips of an adulteress” (Proverbs 6:24; 7:5, 21). Flattery is often the first step to an adulterous affair. A wise person learns to recognize it and separate flattery from sincere compliments. Flattery is often coupled with lying, as a flatterer is not ...
Paul appeals to the Thessalonians themselves that he had not used flattering words; so now he appeals to God that the motive of his conduct was not covetousness. Men can judge the external conduct, they can hear the flattering words; but God only can know the motive of action - he only can discern the covetousness. Parallel Commentaries ...
Jan 16, 2013 · 5 For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak for covetousness—God is witness (1Th 2.5). Therefore, when Jesus did compliment, He spoke the pure truth, without hoping to gain something from that person. The Scripture reading revealed what we know about Jesus, that He knows us, and; so He never misplaced a ...
4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts. 5 For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed— God is witness— 6 nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as apostles of Christ we might have asserted our authority.
1 Thessalonians 2:5. For neither at any time used we flattering words To introduce them into the affections, and gain the esteem and good will of men; they did not in their ministry deliver such things as flattered men with a good opinion of themselves: they did not preach up the purity of human nature, but on the contrary the doctrine of original sin, the imputation of Adam's transgression to ...
People also ask
Did flattering words about Jesus contain truth?
What does the Bible say about flattery?
Why was truth not in their mouths?
Did God try to win you with flattery?
Did God use flattering words for greed or a cloak for covetousness?
What does God say about flattering words?
Apr 24, 1999 · “For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple” (Romans 16:18 ). ”For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ” (2 Corinthians 2:17). as you know,
