^2:17For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit,²⁷ but we are speaking in Christ before²⁸ God as persons of sincerity,²⁹ as persons sent from God.

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Footnotes

27 The participle καπηλεύοντες (kapēleuontes) 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.
28 Or “in the presence of.”
29 Or “persons of pure motives.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For we do not market the word of God for profit like so many. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.

NLTNew Living Translation

You see, we are not like the many hucksters who preach for personal profit. We preach the word of God with sincerity and with Christ’s authority, knowing that God is watching us.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For we are not like the majority who peddle the word of God, but as from pure motives—but as from God—we speak before God in Christ.

KJV 1900King James Version

For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

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