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1 Thessalonians 2:4

Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.

1 Thessalonians 2:4 BSB

1 Thessalonians 2:4 has 34 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 20 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Galatians 1:10 (23 votes) and Romans 8:27 (14 votes). 31 other verses point back to it. It links with 28 other books, from Numbers 27 to Revelation 2.

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Which verses does 1 Thessalonians 2:4 point to?

The 20 strongest of 34, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

  2. Romans 8:2714 votes

    And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

  3. On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.

  4. Psalm 17:38 votes

    You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.

  5. Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

  6. I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.

  7. Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

  8. And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

  9. For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.

  10. the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

  11. Titus 1:35 votes
  12. Luke 16:114 votes

Which verses point to 1 Thessalonians 2:4?

The 10 strongest of 31.