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2 Cor. 2:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For we are not as many, which κcorrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sightp of God speak we λin Christ.

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or, deal deceitfully with,

2 Cor. 4:2• ²But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God. (2 Cor. 4:2)

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Heb. 11:27• ²⁷By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as seeing him who is invisible. (Heb. 11:27)

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2 Cor. 4:2• ²But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God. (2 Cor. 4:2)

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2 Cor. 11:13‑15• ¹³For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
¹⁴And it is not wonderful, for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
¹⁵It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. (2 Cor. 11:13‑15)

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Jer. 5:31• ³¹the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end thereof? (Jer. 5:31)

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Jer. 23:27‑32• ²⁷who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour: as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
²⁸The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell the dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith Jehovah.
²⁹Is not my word like a fire, saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
³⁰Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
³¹Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He hath said.
³²Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith Jehovah, and that tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies and by their boasting; and I have not sent them, nor commanded them; and they profit not this people at all, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 23:27‑32)

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Matt. 24:24• ²⁴For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall give great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. (Matt. 24:24)

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1 Tim. 1:19‑20• ¹⁹maintaining faith and a good conscience; which last some, having put away, have made shipwreck as to faith;
²⁰of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may be taught by discipline not to blaspheme. (1 Tim. 1:19‑20)

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1 Tim. 4:1‑3• ¹But the Spirit speaks expressly, that in latter times some shall apostatise from the faith, giving their mind to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons
²speaking lies in hypocrisy, cauterised as to their own conscience,
³forbidding to marry, bidding to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth. (1 Tim. 4:1‑3)

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2 Tim. 2:6‑18• ⁶The husbandman must labour before partaking of the fruits.
⁷Think of what I say, for the Lord will give thee understanding in all things.
⁸Remember Jesus Christ raised from among the dead, of the seed of David, according to my glad tidings,
⁹in which I suffer even unto bonds as an evil-doer: but the word of God is not bound.
¹⁰For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that *they* also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
¹¹The word is faithful; for if we have died together with him, we shall also live together;
¹²if we endure, we shall also reign together; if we deny, *he* also will deny us;
¹³if we are unfaithful, *he* abides faithful, for he cannot deny himself.
¹⁴Of these things put in remembrance, testifying earnestly before the Lord not to have disputes of words, profitable for nothing, to the subversion of the hearers.
¹⁵Strive diligently to present thyself approved to God, a workman that has not to be ashamed, cutting in a straight line the word of truth.
¹⁶But profane, vain babblings shun, for they will advance to greater impiety,
¹⁷and their word will spread as a gangrene; of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
¹⁸men who as to the truth have gone astray, saying that the resurrection has taken place already; and overthrow the faith of some. (2 Tim. 2:6‑18)

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2 Tim. 4:3‑4• ³For the time shall be when they will not bear sound teaching; but according to their own lusts will heap up to themselves teachers, having an itching ear;
⁴and they will turn away their ear from the truth, and will have turned aside to fables. (2 Tim. 4:3‑4)

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Titus 1:11• ¹¹who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not to be taught for the sake of base gain. (Titus 1:11)

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2 Peter 2:1‑3• ¹But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction;
²and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
³And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not. (2 Peter 2:1‑3)

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1 John 4:1• ¹Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)

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2 John 7‑11• ⁷For many deceivers have gone out into the world, they who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in flesh--this is the deceiver and the antichrist.
⁸See to yourselves, that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive full wages.
⁹Whosoever goes forward and abides not in the doctrine of the Christ has not God. He that abides in the doctrine, *he* has both the Father and the Son.
¹⁰If any one come to you and bring not this doctrine, do not receive him into the house, and greet him not;
¹¹for he who greets him partakes in his wicked works. (2 John 7‑11)

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Jude 4• ⁴For certain men have got in unnoticed, they who of old were marked out beforehand to this sentence, ungodly persons, turning the grace of our God into dissoluteness, and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ. (Jude 4)

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Rev. 2:14‑15,20• ¹⁴But I have a few things against thee: that thou hast there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a snare before the sons of Israel, to eat of idol sacrifices and commit fornication.
¹⁵So thou also hast those who hold the doctrine of Nicolaitanes in like manner.
²⁰But I have against thee that thou permittest the woman Jezebel, she who calls herself prophetess, and she teaches and leads astray my servants to commit fornication and eat of idol sacrifices. (Rev. 2:14‑15,20)

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Rev. 12:9• ⁹And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, he who is called Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole habitable world, he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (Rev. 12:9)

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Rev. 19:20• ²⁰And the beast was taken, and the false prophet that was with him, who wrought the signs before him by which he deceived them that received the mark of the beast, and those that worship his image. Alive were both cast into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone; (Rev. 19:20)

corrupt.

or, deal deceitfully with.

2 Cor. 4:2• ²But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God. (2 Cor. 4:2)

but as of sincerity.

2 Cor. 1:12• ¹²For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you. (2 Cor. 1:12)

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2 Cor. 4:2• ²But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God. (2 Cor. 4:2)

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Acts 20:20,27• ²⁰how I held back nothing of what is profitable, so as not to announce it to you, and to teach you publicly and in every house,
²⁷for I have not shrunk from announcing to you all the counsel of God. (Acts 20:20,27)

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Heb. 11:27• ²⁷By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as seeing him who is invisible. (Heb. 11:27)

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or, of.

• This perfume of the gospel was pure in his hands. The Apostle was not like some who adulterated the wine they furnished; he labored in Christian integrity before God. (“2 Corinthians 2” by J.N. Darby)

• The man who has such low thoughts of the word of God as to use it as a means of trade—preaching for a living—will have very little sense of the greatness of the word, the solemnity of the issues involved, or his own insufficiency. (“2 Corinthians 2” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "adulterate." properly "to retail."

W. Kelly Translation

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For we are not as the many, corruptinga the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, before God, we speak in Christ.

WK Translation Notes

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Literally "retailing." Is not "retailing," or "trafficking with" the word, the point in the verse? Therefore the addition of "which" is an error.