2 Corinthians 2:15

For, through the Messiah, we are unto God a sweet odor, in them that live and in them that perish:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

14But thanks be to God, who always procureth us a triumph in the Messiah, and manifesteth by us the odor of the knowledge of him in every place.

16to these, an odor of death unto death; and to those, an odor of life unto life. And who is adequate to these things!

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:18For a discourse concerning the cross is, to them who perish, foolishness; but to us who live, it is the energy of God.

Ephesians 5:2and walk in love; as the Messiah also hath loved us, and hath given up himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet odor.

2 Thessalonians 2:10and with all the deceptiveness of iniquity, in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, by which they might have life.

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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