For the appeal we make ¹  does not come ²  from error or impurity or with deceit,

biblegateway 1Th 2:3

For our exhortation does not come from error or impurity or by way of deceit;

For our exhortation didn't come from error or impurity or an intent to deceive.

For our exhortation [is] not from error or from impurity or with deceit,

biblegateway 1Th 2:3

For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you.

For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive,

bibleoremus 1Th 2:3

For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery,

The appeal we make does not spring from delusion or sordid motive or from any attempt to deceive;

biblegateway 1Th 2:3

For our exhortation did not come from error or uncleanness, nor was it in deceit.

For our exhortation [was] not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

biblegateway 1Th 2:3

For the appeal we make ¹  does not come ²  from error or impurity or with deceit,

¹ tn Grk “For our exhortation.” Paul here uses παράκλησις (paraklhsis) to speak in broad terms about his preaching of the gospel, in which he urges or appeals to people to respond to God’s salvation (cf. the verb form παρακαλοῦντος [parakalounto"] in 2 Cor 5:20).

² tn Grk “[is] not” (the verb “to be” is implied in the Greek construction).