Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
used we flattering words—literally, "become (that is, have we been found) in (the use of) language of flattery"; the resource of those who try to "please men."
as ye know—"Ye know" as to whether I flattered you; as to "covetousness," GOD, the Judge of the heart, alone can be "my witness."
cloak of—that is, any specious guise under which I might cloak "covetousness."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Thessalonians 2:5:
1 Thessalonians 2:1
1 Thessalonians 2:3
1 Thessalonians 2:6
2 Thessalonians 3:8
1 Timothy 6:6
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