17For we are not as many, who corrupt the word of God: but as from sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.


In Context

14 Now thanks be to God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place.

15 For we are to God a sweet savor of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

16 To the one we are the savor of death to death; and to the other the savor of life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?

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

2 Corinthians 2:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17For 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:17Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:17For we are not as many, adulterating the word of God; but with sincerity, but as from God, before God, in Christ we speak.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:17For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17For we do not, as the many, make a trade of the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, before God, we speak in Christ.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:17For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17for we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity — but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17For 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.