1 Tesalonika 2:5

2:5 For we never appeared ¹  with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed – God is our witness –

1 Tesalonika 3:4

3:4 For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know. ² 

[2:5]  ¹ tn Or “came on the scene,” “came.”

[3:4]  ² tn Grk “just as it also occurred and you know.”