2 Corinthians 2:16

to these latter an odor of death to death, to the former, of life to life. For such service as this, who is sufficient?

Montgomery 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

15I am Christ’s fragrance upwafted unto God, among those who are being saved and those who are perishing;

17I am; for I am not like most, trafficking in the word of God, but rather from a sincere heart, like a man of God, I speak in Christ, in the very presence of God.

Read all of 2 Corinthians 2

Cross References

John 9:39"For judgment am I come into the world, to make the sightless see, and to make the seeing blind."

Acts 20:26So I testify to you this day that I am clear from the blood of all men;

2 Corinthians 3:5Not that I am sufficient in myself to reach any conclusion in my own wisdom; but my sufficiency is from God.

1 Peter 2:7For you, then, that believe, is the preciousness; but for those who do not believe, A stone which the builders rejected, The same has become the head stone 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 2 Corinthians 2:16