1 Tesalonika 2:3

2:3 For the appeal we make ¹  does not come ²  from error or impurity or with deceit,

Galatia 5:19

5:19 Now the works of the flesh ³  are obvious: ⁴  sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,

Efesus 4:19

4:19 Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. ⁵ 

Efesus 4:2

4:2 with all humility and gentleness, ⁶  with patience, bearing with ⁷  one another in love,

Pengkhotbah 2:10

2:10 I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; ⁸ 

I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. ⁹ 

So all my accomplishments gave me joy; ¹⁰ 

this was my reward for all my effort. ¹¹ 

[2:3]  ¹ tn Grk “For our exhortation.” Paul here uses παράκλησις (paraklhsis) to speak in broad terms about his preaching of the gospel, in which he urges or appeals to people to respond to God’s salvation (cf. the verb form παρακαλοῦντος [parakalounto"] in 2 Cor 5:20).

[2:3]  ² tn Grk “[is] not” (the verb “to be” is implied in the Greek construction).

[5:19]  ³ tn See the note on the word “flesh” in Gal 5:13.

[5:19]  ⁴ tn Or “clear,” “evident.”

[4:19]  ⁵ sn Greediness refers to an increasing desire for more and more. The point is that sinful passions and desires are never satisfied.

[4:2]  ⁶ tn Or “meekness.” The word is often used in Hellenistic Greek of the merciful execution of justice on behalf of those who have no voice by those who are in a position of authority (Matt 11:29; 21:5).

[4:2]  ⁷ tn Or “putting up with”; or “forbearing.”

[2:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “all which my eyes asked for, I did not withhold from them.”

[2:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “I did not refuse my heart any pleasure.” The term לִבִּי (libbi, “my heart”) is a synecdoche of part (i.e., heart) for the whole (i.e., whole person); see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 648. The term is repeated twice in 2:10 for emphasis.

[2:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “So my heart was joyful from all my toil.”

[2:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and this was my portion from all my toil.”