2Co 2 Corinthians, chapter Second Epistle to the Corinthians, chapter 4

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But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God-The Father deceitfully; but by manifestation of the tcommending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God-The Father.Act 23:9; 2Co 2:17

2 Corinthians 4:2 in different translations

English

KJV (66 books) But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

AFINT (Exp US) Instead, we have rejected secret and shameful practices. We do not conduct ourselves with deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. Rather, by openly setting forth the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

AFINT (Lit US) But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor bastardizing the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the presence of God.

AFINT (Lit UK) But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor bastardising the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the presence of God.

ASV but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

BSB Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

DRA But we renounce the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience, in the sight of God.

EMTV but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor falsifying the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience before God.

FBV But we have given up secret, shameful acts. We don't behave in deceitful ways and we don't distort the word of God. We demonstrate who we are by revealing the truth before God so everybody can decide in their own minds.

GNV But haue cast from vs ye clokes of shame, and walke not in craftines, neither handle we the worde of God deceitfully: but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God.

LSV but renounced for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves to every conscience of men, before God;

NIV (US) Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

OJB But we renounced the hidden things of bushah (shame), not going about with remiyah (deceit) nor falsifying the dvar Hashem. Rather by the manifestation of HaEmes we present ourselves to every manʼs matzpun in the sight of Hashem.

TCENT Rather, we have renounced shameful hidden deeds; we do not act deceitfully or distort the word of God, but by openly proclaiming the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

T4T And I have determined that we (exc) will be honest [LIT] in everything that we do. We will not do anything that would cause us to be ashamed if people found out about it. We never try to deceive you with clever arguments, as some other people do. We never try to deceive you by changing God’s message, as those same people do. Instead, we always teach people only the truth about Christ, and we teach it clearly. Knowing that God is watching what we do, we teach his message in an honest way, with the result that no one can accuse us (exc) of being deceitful.

Russian

РСП (66 кн.) но, отвергнув скрытные, постыдные дела, не прибегая к хитрости и не искажая слова Божия, а открывая истину, представляем себя совести всякого человека пред Богом.

РСП (юбил.) но, отвергнув скрытные постыдные дела, не прибегая к хитрости и не искажая слова Божьего, а открывая истину, представляем себя совести всякого человека пред Богом.

НРП Мы отвергаем любые нечестные методы, за которые бывает стыдно, мы никого не обманываем и не искажаем слово Божье. Напротив, мы открыто возвещаем истину, и пусть каждый человек судит нас в своей совести перед Богом.

Заокская (Кулаков) Далекие от постыдных и оттого тайных дел, мы не прибегаем к хитрости и не искажаем слова Божьего: видит Бог, мы открыто провозглашаем истину и тем смело являем себя совести всякого человека.

ВП Мы отвергаем любые нечестные методы, за которые бывает стыдно, мы никого не обманываем и не искажаем слово Всевышнего. Напротив, мы открыто возвещаем истину, и пусть каждый человек судит нас в своей совести перед Всевышним.

ВП-А Мы отвергаем любые нечестные методы, за которые бывает стыдно, мы никого не обманываем и не искажаем слово Аллаха. Напротив, мы открыто возвещаем истину, и пусть каждый человек судит нас в своей совести перед Аллахом.

СП (БЛ) Напротив, мы отвергли все тайные и постыдные дела, не занимаемся плутовством, не извращаем послание Божье. Открыто провозглашая истину, мы показываем людям, кто мы есть на самом деле перед Богом.

Десн. Нет у нас ничего такого, что пришлось бы со стыдом скрывать, мы не прибегаем к хитрости и не извращаем Слова Божьего – мы открываем истину, мы перед Богом позволяем совести всякого человека судить о нас.

Кассиан но мы отвергли то, что скрывается из-за стыда, не поступая с хитростью и не искажая слова Божия, но открыто возвещая истину, мы тем представляем себя совести всякого человека пред Богом.