2 Corinthians 2:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?”
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“To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?”
King James Version · Public Domain“to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“to the one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and for these things who is sufficient?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Corinthians 2:16 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 2:34Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
- John 9:39Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
- Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
- Acts 20:26Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
- 1 Peter 2:7To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
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