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1Th 2:10.[7] Ὡς á½ÏƒÎ¯Ï‰Ï‚ καὶ δικαίως καὶ ἀμÎμπτως, how holily and justly and unblameably) Those who seek no glory from men attain to this character, that they conduct themselves holily in divine things, justly towards men, unblameably in respect of themselves.-τοῖς πιστεÏουσιν, among [in the eyes of, towards] you that believe) although we might not appear to others to be so.
[7] Ὑμεις μάÏÏ„Ï…Ïες καὶ ὠΘεὸς) ye are witnesses, and what is of much more consequence, God is witness. The language is not inconsistent with propriety, as the Jews falsely represent it to be. See Jos 22:22; 1Sa 12:5, as showing whence it is derived.-V. g.