Verse 15

For we are the fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.

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  • 1 Cor 1:18 : 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
  • Ezek 20:41 : 41 With a pleasing aroma, I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you were scattered. And I will show my holiness through you in the sight of the nations.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 I have received full payment, and more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
  • 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 and with every kind of deceit targeting those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
  • 2 Cor 4:3-4 : 3 Even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in His heart, "Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. Nor will I ever again destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
  • Exod 29:25 : 25 Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering as a pleasing aroma before the Lord, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
  • Isa 49:5-6 : 5 And now this is what the Lord says—He who formed me in the womb to be His servant, to bring Jacob back to Him and gather Israel to Himself. For I have been honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has been my strength. 6 He says, 'It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back the preserved ones of Israel. I will also make you a light to the nations so that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.'
  • Exod 29:18 : 18 Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.