But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
Ver. 4. But as we were allowed] Enabled and counted faithful,1 Timothy 1:12 .
Not as pleasing men] See Trapp on " Gal 1:10 " Men be they pleased or displeased, God must not be displeased.
But God] Who looketh upon displeasing service as a double dishonour.
Which trieth our hearts] And so knoweth our aims, Quicquid igitur agas, propter Deum agas. Propter te, Deum agas, propter te, as he cried. It stands me upon, saith one, to see, that though my work be but mean, yet it may be clean; though not fine, yet not foul, soiled and slubbered with the slur of a rotten heart, since it is God I have to deal with. (Drus. Apophth.)