2nd Corinthians Chapter 2 verse 15 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndCorinthians 2:15

For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish;
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BBE 2ndCorinthians 2:15

For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;
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DARBY 2ndCorinthians 2:15

For we are a sweet odour of Christ to God, in the saved and in those that perish:
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KJV 2ndCorinthians 2:15

For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
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WBT 2ndCorinthians 2:15


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WEB 2ndCorinthians 2:15

For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
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YLT 2ndCorinthians 2:15

because of Christ a sweet fragrance we are to God, in those being saved, and in those being lost;
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2nd Corinthians 2 : 15 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - We are unto God a sweet savour of Christ. The undeveloped metaphor involved in these words is that "we and our preaching diffuse to God's glory the knowledge of Christ which is as a sweet savour." The apostles are identified with their work; they were as the incense, crushed and burned, but diffusing everywhere a waft of perfume. St. Paul is still thinking of the incense burnt in the streets of Rome during a triumph - "Dabimusque Divis Tura benignis" (Horace, 'Od.,' 4:2.51) - though his expression recalls the "odour of a sweet smell," of Leviticus 1:9, 13, 17 (comp. Ephesians 5:2); see on this passage the excellent note of Bishop Wordsworth. In them that are saved, and in them that perish; rather, among those who are perishing and those who are being saved (comp. Acts 2:47). The odour is fragrant to God, though those who breathe it may be variously affected by it.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) We are unto God a sweet savour of Christ.--If we believe this Epistle to have been written from Philippi, it is interesting to note the recurrence of the same imagery of a "sweet savour" in the Epistle to that Church (Philippians 4:18). Here the mind of the writer turns to the sterner, sadder side of the Roman triumph. Some who appeared in that triumph were on their way to deliverance, some on their way to perish (this is the exact rendering of the words translated saved and lost), and this also has its analogue in the triumph of Christ. He does not shrink from that thought. In his belief in the righteousness and mercy of Christ, he is content to leave the souls of all men to His judgment. He will not the less do his work as incense-bearer, and let the "sweet savour" of the knowledge of God be wafted through the words which it has been given him to utter. All things are for His glory, for His righteousness will be seen to have been working through all.