Bible Verses About Simplicity: In preaching the gospel

For the appeal we make does not flow from error or from impure motives, neither do we try to trick people.

Instead, since God has tested us and found us fit to be entrusted with Good News, this is how we speak: not to win favor with people but with God, who tests our hearts.

For, as you know, never did we employ flattering talk, nor did we put on a false front to mask greed — God is witness.

Nor did we seek human praise — either from you or from others.

As emissaries of the Messiah, we could have made our weight felt; but instead, we were gentle when we were with you, like a mother feeding and caring for her children.