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Douay-Rheims
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For neither have we used at any time the speech of flattery, as you know: nor taken an occasion of covetousness (God is witness):
King James
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For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
Louis Second
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Jamais, en effet, nous n'avons usé de paroles flatteuse, comme vous le savez; jamais nous n'avons eu la cupidité pour mobile, Dieu en est témoin
Martin Luther
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Denn wir sind nie mit Schmeichelworten umgegangen, wie ihr wisset, noch dem Geiz gestellet, GOtt ist des Zeuge.
Vulgate
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neque enim aliquando fuimus in sermone adulationis sicut scitis neque in occasione avaritiae Deus testis est

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


enim : in fact, truly, indeed.
enim : for, in fact, truly (may often be omitted).
aliquando : at any time, sometimes, occasionally, at last.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
sicut : as, just as, as it were, (+verb in subj.) just as if.
deus : god.
testis : one who gives evidence, witness, spectator / testicle.
testis : martyr.