2 Corinthians 2:15

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 2:16-17
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    16To one, we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is adequate for such a task?

    17For we are not like many, peddling the word of God for profit. Instead, with sincerity, as sent from God and in His presence, we speak in Christ.

  • 2 Cor 2:14
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    14But thanks be to God, who always leads us in Christ’s triumphal procession and manifests the aroma of the knowledge of Him through us in every place.

  • Eph 5:2
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    2And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.

  • 2 Cor 4:10-12
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    10We always carry in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in our body.

    11For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal bodies.

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

  • 2 Cor 5:11-16
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    11Since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.

    12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart.

    13If we are out of our mind, as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

    14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.

    15And he died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.

    16So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Even though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

  • 1 Cor 1:18
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    18For 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.

  • 2 Cor 4:5
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    5For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

  • Rom 14:8
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    8If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

  • 1 Tim 2:3
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    3This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

  • 1 Cor 15:18-19
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    18Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

    19If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.

  • Eph 2:10
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    10For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we might walk in them.

  • 2 Cor 4:15
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    15All this is for your benefit, so that grace, having increased through the many, may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

  • Eph 2:5
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    5made us alive together with Christ, even when we were dead in our transgressions—by grace you have been saved.

  • 2 Cor 1:9
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    9Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened so that we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

  • 2 Cor 5:9
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    9So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.

  • 2 Cor 3:2
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    2You are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

  • 2 Cor 1:6
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    6If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces patient endurance of the same sufferings we also endure.

  • 2 Cor 3:4-6
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    4Such confidence we have through Christ before God.

    5Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.

    6He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

  • 1 Cor 4:10
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    10We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!

  • 1 Thess 2:4
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    4But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak—not to please people, but to please God, who examines our hearts.

  • Rom 2:2
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    2We know that God's judgment is based on truth against those who practice such things.

  • 2 Cor 5:5
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    5Now the one who has prepared us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

  • Rom 5:8
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    8But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

  • 1 Cor 15:22
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    22For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

  • 2 Cor 6:9
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    9as unknown, yet well-known; as dying, yet behold, we live; as disciplined, but not put to death;

  • 1 Thess 5:10
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    10He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

  • Phil 1:28
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    28And do not be frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation—and that from God.

  • 2 Cor 1:4
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    4who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

  • 2 Cor 4:7
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    7But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

  • Rom 14:18
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    18For anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.

  • Gal 2:17
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    17But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!

  • Rom 8:36
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    36As it is written: 'For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'

  • 2 Cor 4:1
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    1Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as we were shown mercy, we do not lose heart.

  • 2 Cor 1:22
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    22sealed us, and placed the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

  • 2 Thess 1:12
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    12So that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Thess 2:10
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    10and with every kind of deceit targeting those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

  • Acts 15:11
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    11On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.

  • 2 Cor 5:20
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    20We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.