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One who sells goods, usually on the street or door-to-door. Paul denied being a peddler of God's word (2 Corinthians 2:17 ). Here Paul either emphasized that he did not preach for pay (1Corinthians 9:12,1 Corinthians 9:15 ) or that he did not use tricks to gain converts (2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 12:16 ).

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Peddler'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/p/peddler.html. 1991.

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