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2 Corinthians 2:16

Witness and missionSalvation

14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

17 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.

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BSB
To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
KJV
To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
WEB
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?
ASV
to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
DARBY
to the one an odour from death unto death, but to the others an odour from life unto life; and who [is] sufficient for these things?
BLB
to one indeed a smell from death to death, but to one a smell from life to life. And who [is] sufficient for these things?
ÅB
for disse en duft av død til død, for hine en duft av liv til liv. Og hvem er vel duelig til dette?
OTB
For noen en duft fra død til død, for andre en duft fra liv til liv. Og hvem er tilstrekkelig for disse tingene?
B1930
for disse en duft av død til død, for hine en duft av liv til liv. Og hvem er vel duelig til dette?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 3:5–6

    Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

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  • John 9:39

    And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

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  • 1 Peter 2:7–8

    Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

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  • Luke 2:34

    And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:10

    But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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  • Acts 13:45–47

    But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

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  • Acts 20:26–27

    Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:11

    I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

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