4 but just as we have been approved ^bby God to be ^centrusted with the gospel, so we speak, ^dnot to please man, but to please God who ^etests our hearts.

A Life Pleasing to God

1 Finally, then, brothers,^{1 a}we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that ^bas you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.