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1Th 2:5. Ἐν λόγῳ κολακείας, in flattering words) The antithesis is in 1Th 2:7-8; even as a cloke of covetousness has its antithesis in 1Th 2:9; and the word glory, 1Th 2:6, has its antithesis in 1Th 2:10.-κολακείας, of flattery) which they chiefly use who are anxious to please men.-καθὼς οἴδατε-Θεὸς μάρτυς, even as ye know-God is witness) These two clauses [neither-ye know; nor-witness] correspond to each other, just as the double confirmation of the third member of the sentence [nor of men sought we glory], which is placed in the next verse, follows in the same 1Th 2:10. He appeals to men, as the witnesses of a matter generally known; to God, as the witness of a matter which is concealed in the heart; to men and God, as the witnesses of a matter in part generally known, and partly concealed.-προφάσει) with the specious pretext (cloke), under which we might cover avarice.