2Cor 1:12, 2:17, 11:3, 6, 13-15, Eph 4:14, 1Th 2:3-5 | ESV | STEP | For our boast is this , the testimony of our conscience , that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity , not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God , and supremely so toward you .

2 Corinthians 1:12

Paul’s Change of Plans

12 For our boast is this, ^athe testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity ^{▼▼Some manuscripts holiness} and ^cgodly sincerity, ^dnot by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.

2 Corinthians 2:17

17 For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:3

3 But I am afraid that ^eas the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts ^fwill be led astray from a ^gsincere and ^hpure devotion to Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:6

6 ⁱEven if I am unskilled in speaking, ^jI am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way ^kwe have made this plain to you in all things.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15

13 For such men are ^lfalse apostles, ^mdeceitful workmen, ⁿdisguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as ^oan angel of light. 15 So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as ^pservants of righteousness. ^qTheir end will correspond to their deeds.

Ephesians 4:14

14 so that we may no longer be children, ^rtossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in ^sdeceitful schemes.

1 Thessalonians 2:3-5

3 For ^tour appeal does not spring from ^uerror or ^vimpurity or ^wany attempt to deceive, 4 but just as we have been approved by God ^xto be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not ^yto please man, but to please God ^zwho tests our hearts. 5 ^aaFor we never came with words of flattery, ^{▼▼Or with a flattering speech} as you know, nor with a pretext for greed— ^acGod is witness.