1 Thessalonians 2:4

But as we were allowed of God,.... Or, "approved of God"; not that there were any previous fitness and worthiness in them to be ministers of the word; but such was the good will and pleasure of God,…

But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel - Compare 1Ti 1:11-12. Since there had been committed to us an office so high and holy, and so much demanding sincerity, fidelity, and…

But as we were allowed of God - Καθως δεδοκιμασμεθα· As we were accounted worthy to be put in trust - as God put confidence in us, and sent us on his most especial message to mankind, even so we…

Here we have an account of Paul's manner of preaching, and his comfortable reflection upon his entrance in among the Thessalonians. As he had the testimony of his own conscience witnessing to his…

but as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak Again the A.V. misses the force of the Greek perfect: better, as we have been approved by God to be entrusted.…