2 Corinthians 2:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

For wee are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them which perish.

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  • 1 Cor 1:18 : 18 For that preaching of the crosse is to them that perish, foolishnesse: but vnto vs, which are saued, it is the power of God.
  • Ezek 20:41 : 41 I will accept your sweete sauour, when I bring you from the people, and gather you out of the countreys, wherein ye haue bene scattered, that I may be sanctified in you before ye heathen.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walke in loue, euen as Christ hath loued vs, and hath giuen himselfe for vs, to be an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smelling sauour to God.
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 Now I haue receiued all, and haue plentie: I was euen filled, after that I had receiued of Epaphroditus that which came from you, an odour that smelleth sweete, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasant to God.
  • 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 And in al deceiuablenes of vnrighteousnes, among them that perish, because they receiued not the loue of the trueth, that they might be saued.
  • 2 Cor 4:3-4 : 3 If our Gospell bee then hid, it is hid to them that are lost. 4 In whom the God of this world hath blinded the mindes, that is, of the infidels, that the light of the glorious Gospell of Christ, which is the image of God, should not shine vnto them.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 And the Lord smelled a sauour of rest, and the Lord said in his heart, I will hencefoorth curse the ground no more for mans cause: for the imagination of mans heart is euill, euen from his youth: neither will I smite any more all things liuing, as I haue done.
  • Exod 29:25 : 25 Againe, thou shalt receyue them of their handes, & burne them vpon the altar besides the burnt offring for a sweete sauour before ye Lord: for this is an offering made by fire vnto the Lord.
  • Isa 49:5-6 : 5 And now sayeth the Lord, that formed me from the wombe to be his seruaunt, that I may bring Iaakob againe to him (though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I bee glorious in the eyes of the Lord: and my God shall be my strength) 6 And hee sayde, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my seruaunt, to raise vp the tribes of Iaakob, and to restore the desolations of Israel: I will also giue thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou maiest bee my saluation vnto the ende of the worlde.
  • Exod 29:18 : 18 So thou shalt burne the whole ram vpon the altar: for it is a burnt offering vnto the Lord for a sweete sauour: it is an offering made by fire vnto the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 2:16-17
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    16To the one we are the sauour of death, vnto death, and to the other the sauour of life, vnto life: and who is sufficient for these things?

    17For wee are not as many, which make marchandise of the woorde of God: but as of sinceritie, but as of God in ye sight of God speake we in Christ.

  • 2 Cor 2:14
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    14Now thankes be vnto God, which alwaies maketh vs to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the sauour of his knowledge by vs in euery place.

  • Eph 5:2
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    2And walke in loue, euen as Christ hath loued vs, and hath giuen himselfe for vs, to be an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smelling sauour to God.

  • 2 Cor 4:10-12
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    10Euery where we beare about in our bodie the dying of the Lorde Iesus, that the life of Iesus might also be made manifest in our bodies.

    11For we which liue, are alwaies deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake, that the life also of Iesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

    12So then death worketh in vs, & life in you.

  • 2 Cor 5:11-16
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    11Knowing therefore that terrour of the Lord, we persuade men, and we are made manifest vnto God, and I trust also that we are made manifest in your consciences.

    12For we prayse not our selues againe vnto you, but giue you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye may haue to answere against them, which reioyce in the face, and not in the heart.

    13For whether we be out of our wit, we are it to God: or whether we be in our right minde, we are it vnto you.

    14For that loue of Christ constraineth vs,

    15Because we thus iudge, that if one be dead for all, then were all dead, and he died for all, that they which liue, shoulde not henceforth liue vnto themselues, but vnto him which died for them, and rose againe.

    16Wherefore, henceforth know we no man after the flesh, yea though wee had knowen Christ after the flesh, yet nowe henceforth know we him no more.

  • 1 Cor 1:18
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    18For that preaching of the crosse is to them that perish, foolishnesse: but vnto vs, which are saued, it is the power of God.

  • 2 Cor 4:5
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    5For we preach not our selues, but Christ Iesus the Lorde, and our selues your seruaunts for Iesus sake.

  • Rom 14:8
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    8For whether wee liue, we liue vnto the Lorde: or whether we die, we die vnto the Lorde: whether we liue therefore, or die, we are the Lords.

  • 1 Tim 2:3
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    3For this is good & acceptable in the sight of God our Sauiour,

  • 1 Cor 15:18-19
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    18And so they which are a sleepe in Christ, are perished.

    19If in this life onely wee haue hope in Christ, we are of all men the most miserable.

  • Eph 2:10
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    10For we are his workemanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good workes, which God hath ordeined, that we should walke in them.

  • 2 Cor 4:15
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    15For all thinges are for your sakes, that that most plenteous grace by the thankesgiuing of many, may redound to the praise of God.

  • Eph 2:5
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    5Euen when we were dead by sinnes, hath quickened vs together in Christ, by whose grace ye are saued,

  • 2 Cor 1:9
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    9Yea, we receiued the sentence of death in our selues, because we shoulde not trust in our selues, but in God, which rayseth the dead.

  • 2 Cor 5:9
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    9Wherefore also we couet, that both dwelling at home, and remouing from home, we may be acceptable to him.

  • 2 Cor 3:2
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    2Yee are our epistle, written in our hearts, which is vnderstand, and read of all men,

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30But ye are of him in Christ Iesus, who of God is made vnto vs wisedome and righteousnesse, and sanctification, and redemption,

  • 2 Cor 1:6
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    6And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and saluation, which is wrought in the induring of the same sufferings, which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and saluation.

  • 2 Cor 3:4-6
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    4And such trust haue we through Christ to God:

    5Not that we are sufficient of our selues, to thinke any thing, as of our selues: but our sufficiencie is of God,

    6Who also hath made vs able ministers of the Newe testament, not of the letter, but of the Spirite: for the letter killeth, but the Spirite giueth life.

  • 1 Cor 4:10
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    10We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised.

  • 1 Thess 2:4
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    4But as we were allowed of God, that the Gospel should be committed vnto vs, so we speake, not as they that please men, but God, which approoueth our hearts.

  • Rom 2:2
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    2But we know that the iudgement of God is according to trueth, against them which comit such things.

  • 2 Cor 5:5
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    5And he that hath created vs for this thing, is God, who also hath giuen vnto vs the earnest of the Spirit.

  • Rom 5:8
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    8But God setteth out his loue towards vs, seeing that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for vs.

  • 1 Cor 15:22
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    22For as in Adam all die, euen so in Christ shall all be made aliue,

  • 2 Cor 6:9
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    9As vnknowen, and yet knowen: as dying, and beholde, we liue: as chastened, and yet not killed:

  • 1 Thess 5:10
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    10Which died for vs, that whether we wake or sleepe, we should liue together with him.

  • Phil 1:28
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    28And in nothing feare your aduersaries, which is to them a token of perdition, and to you of saluation, and that of God.

  • 2 Cor 1:4
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    4Which comforteth vs in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any affliction by the comfort wherewith we our selues are comforted of God.

  • 2 Cor 4:7
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    7But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencie of that power might be of God, and not of vs.

  • Rom 14:18
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    18For whosoeuer in these things serueth Christ, is acceptable vnto God, and is approoued of men.

  • Gal 2:17
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    17If then while we seeke to be made righteous by Christ, we our selues are found sinners, is Christ therefore the minister of sinne? God forbid.

  • Rom 8:36
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    36As it is written, For thy sake are we killed all day long: we are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.

  • 2 Cor 4:1
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    1Therefore, seeing that we haue this ministerie, as we haue receiued mercy, we faint not:

  • 2 Cor 1:22
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    22Who hath also sealed vs, and hath giuen the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

  • 2 Thess 1:12
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    12That the Name of our Lorde Iesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God, and of the Lorde Iesus Christ.

  • 2 Thess 2:10
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    10And in al deceiuablenes of vnrighteousnes, among them that perish, because they receiued not the loue of the trueth, that they might be saued.

  • Acts 15:11
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    11But we beleeue, through the grace of the Lord Iesus Christ to be saued, euen as they doe.

  • 2 Cor 5:20
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    20Now then are we ambassadours for Christ: as though God did beseeche you through vs, we pray you in Christes steade, that ye be reconciled to God.