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2 Corinthians 2:2

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2:2 For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad 1  but the one I caused to be sad?

2 Corinthians 2:17

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2:17 For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, 2  but we are speaking in Christ before 3  God as persons of sincerity, 4  as persons sent from God.

1 tn Or “to cheer me up.” L&N 25.131 translates this “For if I were to make you sad, who would be left to cheer me up?”

2 tn The participle καπηλεύοντες (kaphleuonte") refers to those engaged in retail business, but with the negative connotations of deceptiveness and greed – “to peddle for profit,” “to huckster” (L&N 57.202). In the translation a noun form (“hucksters”) has been used in combination with the English verb “peddle…for profit” to convey the negative connotations of this term.

3 tn Or “in the presence of.”

4 tn Or “persons of pure motives.”



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