2 Corinthians 2:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things?

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  • Luke 2:34 : 34 And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;
  • John 9:39 : 39 And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
  • 2 Cor 3:5-6 : 5 Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God; 6 Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.
  • 1 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building; 8 And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.
  • Acts 13:45-47 : 45 But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles. 47 For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
  • Acts 20:26-27 : 26 And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men. 27 For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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    14 But praise be to God who makes us strong to overcome in Christ, and makes clear through us in every place the value of the knowledge of him.

    15 For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;

  • 2 Cor 2:17
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    17 For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.

  • 2 Cor 4:10-12
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    10 In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.

    11 For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

    12 So then, death is working in us, but life in you.

  • 2 Cor 3:4-6
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    4 And this is the certain faith which we have in God through Christ:

    5 Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;

    6 Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.

  • 2 Cor 5:11-16
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    11 Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.

    12 We are not again requesting your approval, but we are giving you the chance of taking pride in us, so that you may be able to give an answer to those whose glory is in seeming, and not in the heart.

    13 For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you.

    14 For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;

    15 And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.

    16 For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.

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    8 For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

    9 Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead:

    10 Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;

  • Rom 14:7-8
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    7 For every man's life and every man's death has a relation to others as well as to himself.

    8 As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's.

  • 2 Cor 6:9
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    9 Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;

  • 1 Cor 1:18
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    18 For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.

  • 2 Cor 1:6
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    6 But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:

  • 2 Cor 4:5
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    5 For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.

  • 2 Cor 2:6
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    6 Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;

  • Rom 6:2
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    2 In no way. How may we, who are dead to sin, be living in it any longer?

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    10 We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

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    2 And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.

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    2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.

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    4 But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

    5 For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,

    6 Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.

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    15 For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.

    16 For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

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    7 But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;

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    16 For who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord, so as to be his teacher? But we have the mind of Christ.

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    11 This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:

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    11 If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

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    36 As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.

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    10 Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.

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    1 For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:

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    3 It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.

  • Rom 6:16
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    16 Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.

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    30 And why are we in danger every hour?

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    2 You yourselves are our letter, whose writing is in our heart, open for every man's reading and knowledge;

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    6 For this was the reason why the good news of Jesus was given even to the dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but might be living before God in the spirit.

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    4 Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

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    6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

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    12 For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

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    30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy: