1 Thessalonians 2:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

Young's Literal Translation
for our exhortation [is] not out of deceit, nor out of uncleanness, nor in guile,

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

Greek
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

appeal
παράκλησις (paraklēsis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3874: From parakaleo; imploration, hortation, solace.

does not
οὐκ (ouk)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

arise from
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

deceit
πλάνης (planēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 4106: Feminine of planos; objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety.

[or]
οὐδὲ (oude)
Conjunction
Strong's 3761: Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even.

ulterior motives
ἀκαθαρσίας (akatharsias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 167: Uncleanness, impurity. From akathartos; impurity, physically or morally.

[or]
οὐδὲ (oude)
Conjunction
Strong's 3761: Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even.

trickery.
δόλῳ (dolō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1388: Deceit, guile, treachery. From an obsolete primary verb, dello; a trick, i.e. wile.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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