2 Korintus 2:17

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.

2 Korintus 3:5-6

3:5 Not that we are adequate ⁴  in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy ⁵  is from God, 3:6 who made us adequate ⁶  to be servants of a new covenant ⁷  not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

[2:17]  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.

[2:17]  ² tn Or “in the presence of.”

[2:17]  ³ tn Or “persons of pure motives.”

[3:5]  ⁴ tn Or “competent.”

[3:5]  ⁵ tn Or “competence.”

[3:6]  ⁶ tn Or “competent.”

[3:6]  ⁷ sn This new covenant is promised in Jer 31:31-34; 32:40.