2 Korintus 1:19

1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us – by me and Silvanus ¹  and Timothy – was not “Yes” and “No,” but it has always been “Yes” in him.

2 Korintus 2:17

2:17 For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, ²  but we are speaking in Christ before ³  God as persons of sincerity, ⁴  as persons sent from God.

2 Korintus 8:5

8:5 And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

[1:19]  ¹ sn Silvanus is usually considered to be the same person as Silas (L&N 93.340).

[2:17]  ² 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]  ³ tn Or “in the presence of.”

[2:17]  ⁴ tn Or “persons of pure motives.”