2 Corinthians 2:15

For, through God, we are a sweet odor of Christ, among the saved, and among the lost:

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14Now, thanks be to God, who always causes us to triumph in the Christ, and sheds in every place, by us, the fragrance of the knowledge of himself.

16to the one, we are the odor of death ending in death; to the other, the odor of life ending in life: and who is sufficient for these things?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:18For the preaching of the cross is to those who perish, foolishness; but to us who are saved, it is the power of God.

Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, as the Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet odor.

2 Thessalonians 2:10and with all the delusion of unrighteousness in those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, in order that they might be saved.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 2:13-17

Effects of the Christian Ministry. ( a. d. 57.) 12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, 13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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