2 Corinthians 2:16

to 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?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

15For, through God, we are a sweet odor of Christ, among the saved, and among the lost:

17For we do not, as the many, adulterate the word of God; but, as from sincerity, but, as from God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

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Cross References

John 9:39And Jesus said: For judgment have I come into this world, that those who see not, may see; and that those who see, may become blind.

Acts 20:26For this reason I solemnly affirm to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all men.

2 Corinthians 3:5not that we are able, of ourselves, to devise anything, as from ourselves; but our ability is from God,

1 Peter 2:7To you, then, who believe, is this preciousness: but the stone which the builders rejected, has become the head of the corner,

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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