2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, ¹  but we are speaking in Christ before ²  God as persons of sincerity, ³  as persons sent from God.

Jer 5:31; Jer 23:27-32; Mt 24:24; Ac 20:20,27; 2Co 1:12; 2Co 4:2; 2Co 11:13-15; 1Ti 1:19,20; 1Ti 4:1-3; 2Ti 2:6-18; 2Ti 4:3,4; Tit 1:11; Heb 11:27; 2Pe 2:1-3; 1Jo 4:1; 2Jo 1:7-11; Jude 1:4; Re 2:14,15,20; Re 12:9; Re 19:20

¹ 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.

² tn Or “in the presence of.”

³ tn Or “persons of pure motives.”