2 CORINTHIANS 2:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit (ou kapēleuontes). Rather, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity (eilikrineias), as those sent from God — kapēleuo (peddle/corrupt) condemns those who profit from ministry, a sharp rebuke of false apostles. Paul's sincerity (eilikrineias recurs from 1:12) is transparency before God, not before the marketplace.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 2:17
“For we are not as the rest, which corrupt the word of God.” 'For even if we use great sounding words, yet we declared nothing to be our own that we achieved, but all Christ's. For we will not imitate the false apostles; the men who say that most is of themselves.' For this is “to corrupt,” when one adulterates the wine; when one sells for money what he ought to give freely. For he seems to me to be here both taunting them in respect to money, and again hinting at the very…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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