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. |
For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ. |
For we are not like many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God we speak in Christ in the sight of God. |
Unlike 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. |
For we are not, like so many [as hucksters making a trade of] peddling God’s Word [shortchanging and adulterating the divine message]; but as [men] of sincerity and the purest motive, as [commissioned and sent] by God, we speak [His message] in Christ (the Messiah), in the [very] sight and presence of God. |
For we are not as the many who are adulterating the word of God, but as of an unadulterated, unsullied purity of character, but as from God we are speaking in the sight of God in Christ. |
Who is fit for such a task! We are not like that large number who corrupt the Word of God. No, we speak in utter sincerity as men sent by God, Christ’s ministers under the eyes of God. |
Now who is qualified for such a task? I am, for I am not a peddler of God’s message, like the most of them, but like a man that is sent from God and living in His presence, in union with Christ I speak His message. |
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- One Hundred and Seven Theses - Steve Camp Christianity today is increasingly dominated by the spirit of this age rather than the Spirit of Christ. We call ourselves to repent of this sin and to recover the historic Christian faith in the arts again.