Cross references
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 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.
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.
- Galatians 1:1023 votes
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.
- 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.
- Galatians 2:712 votes
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.
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 1:148 votes
Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
- 1 Chronicles 29:176 votes
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.
- 2 Corinthians 4:26 votes
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.
- Ephesians 6:66 votes
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.
- Psalm 139:1–25 votes
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.
- Jeremiah 32:195 votes
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.
- 1 Corinthians 4:1–25 votes
- Ephesians 3:85 votes
- Titus 1:35 votes
- Numbers 27:164 votes
- 1 Kings 8:394 votes
- Proverbs 17:34 votes
- Luke 16:114 votes
- 1 Corinthians 9:174 votes
- 1 Timothy 1:11–134 votes
- Hebrews 4:134 votes
Which verses point to 1 Thessalonians 2:4?
The 10 strongest of 31.