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  1. Christian Standard Bible To some we are an aroma of death leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life leading to life. Who is adequate for these things? Holman Christian Standard Bible To some we are an aroma of death leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life leading to life. And who is competent for this? American Standard Version

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  2. Apr 30, 2024 · Answer. Second Corinthians 2:15 says, “For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.”. To understand what the apostle Paul meant when he said that Christians are the “aroma of Christ,” we must look at the verses immediately surrounding the expression: “But thanks be to God ...

  3. For those who allied with Rome, it was the smell of victory. In that vein, Paul adds that "the aroma of Christ" smells differently to these two opposed groups. To those on the path to hell, "the aroma of Christ" is the odor of death. Their rejection of Him is the rejection of the opportunity to move from eternal death to eternal life.

  4. Everywhere we go, people breathe in the exquisite fragrance. Because of Christ, we give off a sweet scent rising to God, which is recognized by those on the way of salvation—an aroma redolent with life. But those on the way to destruction treat us more like the stench from a rotting corpse.

  5. Savour of life unto life; rather, a savour from life, as before. It came from the Source of life; it is issued in the sole reality of life. Similarly the rabbis spoke of the Law as "an aroma" alike of death and of life. "Why are the words of the Law likened to princes (Proverbs 8:6)? Because, like princes, they have the power to kill and to ...

  6. New English Translation. 15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing— 16 to the latter an odor[a] from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?[b] 17 For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word ...

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  8. For we are to God a sweet smell of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: a sweet. Genesis 8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

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