¹⁷ For we are not like the many, ^[a](A)peddling the word of God, but ^(B)as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ ^(C)in the sight of God.

⁵ and constant friction between ^(A)people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who ^(B)suppose that ^[a]godliness is a means of gain.

³ and in their ^(A)greed they will ^(B)exploit you with ^(C)false words; ^(D)their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

² shepherd ^(A)the flock of God among you, exercising oversight, ^(B)not under compulsion but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and ^(C)not ^[a]with greed but with eagerness;