Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Thessalonians 2:10

10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, justly, and unblameably we behaved our selves among you that believe .

The former verse[illegible: 1 letter] gave account of their carriage in the Ministry, this here of their Christian Conversation, holily, with respect to God, justly, with respect to Duties commanded towards men, and unblameably, in denying themselves in lawful liberty to avoid all occasion of blame from any of them. And for the truth of this he appeals to themselves; yea, to God himself. There is the witness of men, and the witness of conscience greater than of men, and the witness of God greatest of all, 1 Ioh. 3.20. He appeals to them witnesses about their external Actions, and to God about the integrity of their hearts: And he doth this not in a way of boasting, but to be an example to them, and as a further reason of the great success of his Ministry. The Conversation of Ministers hath great influence upon the success of their labours.

Marginal references: 2 Thess. 3.7.