2 Corinthians 2:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Cor 1:18 : 18 For the preaching of the cross is to those who perish foolishness; but to us who are saved it is the power of God.
  • Ezek 20:41 : 41 I will accept you with your sweet aroma, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 But I have all and abound; I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
  • 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • 2 Cor 4:3-4 : 3 But if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden to those who are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 And the LORD smelled a pleasing aroma, and the LORD said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of his heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
  • Exod 29:25 : 25 You shall receive them back from their hands and burn them on the altar as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma before the LORD. It is an offering made by fire to the LORD.
  • Isa 49:5-6 : 5 And now, says the LORD who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel is not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. 6 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you as a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
  • Exod 29:18 : 18 And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to the LORD, it is a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

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    16To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is adequate for these things?

    17For we are not like many who corrupt the word of God; but as of sincerity, as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.

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    14Now thanks be to God, who always leads us to triumph in Christ, and reveals the fragrance of His knowledge by us in every place.

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    2And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

  • 2 Cor 4:10-12
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    10Always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also might be made manifest in our body.

    11For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

    12So then, death works in us, but life in you.

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    11Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I hope are well known also in your consciences.

    12For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you an opportunity to boast on our behalf, so that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart.

    13For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

    14For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all died:

    15And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and rose again.

    16Therefore from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him thus no longer.

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    18For the preaching of the cross is to those who perish foolishness; but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

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    5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

  • Rom 14:8
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    8For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

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    3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;

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    18Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

    19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most miserable.

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    10For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.

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    15For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many abound to the glory of God.

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    5Even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)

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    9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

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    9Therefore we strive, that whether present or absent, we may be pleasing to him.

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    2You are our letter written in our hearts, known and read by all men.

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    4And such trust we have through Christ toward God:

    5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,

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    10We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honored, but we are despised.

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    4But as we were allowed by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

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    2But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who commit such things.

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    5Now he who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

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    8But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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    22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.

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    9As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

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    10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

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    18For anyone who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

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    22Who has also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

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    12That 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.

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    20Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.