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2 Corinthians 2:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" For 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. "

2 Corinthians 2:17

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15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God in those who are being saved and in those who perish:

16 to the one a stench from death to death, to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?

17 For 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.

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"But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow."

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"For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me?"

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