Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And thanks is to God who always causes us to triumph in the Christ, and who makes manifest the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place, through us.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
Holman Bible
But thanks be to God,
International Standard Version
But thanks be to God! He always leads us triumphantly by the Messiah and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of knowing him.
American Standard Version
But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place.
Amplified
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us spreads and makes evident everywhere the sweet fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
An Understandable Version
But I offer thanks to God, who always leads us [preachers] to victory in [the service of] Christ, and through us makes known the "fragrant odor" of His knowledge everywhere.
Anderson New Testament
Now, thanks be to God, who always causes us to triumph in the Christ, and sheds in every place, by us, the fragrance of the knowledge of himself.
Bible in Basic English
But praise be to God who makes us strong to overcome in Christ, and makes clear through us in every place the value of the knowledge of him.
Common New Testament
But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but thanks be to God, who maketh me triumph, thro' Christ, and spreads his healing doctrine by me, in eevery place:
Darby Translation
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and makes manifest the odour of his knowledge through us in every place.
Godbey New Testament
But thanks be unto God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and manifesting the fragrance of his knowledge through us in every place:
Goodspeed New Testament
But thank God! he always leads me in his triumphal train, through Christ, and spreads the perfume of knowledge of him everywhere through me as his censer-bearer.
John Wesley New Testament
Now thanks be to God, who causeth us always to triumph through Christ, and manifesteth by us in every place the odour of his knowledge.
Julia Smith Translation
Grace to God, always leading us to triumph in Christ, and making manifest the order of his knowledge by us in every place.
King James 2000
Now thanks be unto God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes manifest the fragrance of his knowledge by us in every place.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But thanks [be] to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ, and who reveals the fragrance of the knowledge of him through us in every place.
Modern King James verseion
Now thanks be to God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and He revealing through us the odor of the knowledge of Him in every place.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thanks be unto God which always giveth us the victory in Christ, and openeth the savor of his knowledge by us in every place.
Moffatt New Testament
Wherever I go, thank God, he makes my life a constant pageant of triumph in Christ, diffusing the perfume of his knowledge everywhere by me.
Montgomery New Testament
But thanks be to God, who in every place is leading me in the train of Christ's triumph, and is making manifest through me the knowledge of him, an odor of incense everywhere.
NET Bible
But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.
New Heart English Bible
Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
Noyes New Testament
But thanks be to God, who always exhibiteth us in triumph in Christ, and manifesteth through us the odor of the knowledge of him in every place.
Sawyer New Testament
But thanks be to God, who always triumphs over us in Christ and reveals the odor of his knowledge by us in every place;
The Emphasized Bible
But, unto God, be thanks, who, ever, leadeth us in triumph in the Christ, and, the fragrance of the knowledge of him, maketh manifest, through us, in every place,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But thanks be to God, who causeth us always to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
Twentieth Century New Testament
All thanks to God, who, through our union with the Christ, leads us in one continual triumph, and uses us to spread the sweet odor of the knowledge of him in every place.
Webster
Now thanks be to God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place.
Weymouth New Testament
But to God be the thanks who in Christ ever heads our triumphal procession, and by our hands waves in every place that sweet incense, the knowledge of Him.
Williams New Testament
But thanks be to God, for He always leads me in His triumphal train, through union with Christ, and everywhere through me keeps spreading the perfume of the knowledge of Him.
World English Bible
Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
Worrell New Testament
But thanks be to God, Who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of His knowledge in every place;
Worsley New Testament
But thanks be to God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and spreadeth the odor of his knowledge by us in every place.
Youngs Literal Translation
and to God are thanks, who at all times is leading us in triumph in the Christ, and the fragrance of His knowledge He is manifesting through us in every place,
Themes
Evangelism » What evangelists are
Manifestation » What is made manifest
The Roman empire » Allusions to military affairs of » Triumphs of victorious generals
Thankfulness » Should be offered » For the triumph of the gospel
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the triumph of the gospel
Victory/overcoming » God giving victory through jesus Christ
Interlinear
De
hemas
ἡμῶν
hemon
Usage: 388
Phaneroo
Dia
Devotionals
Devotionals about 2 Corinthians 2:14
Devotionals containing 2 Corinthians 2:14
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Corinthians 2:14
Prayers for 2 Corinthians 2:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Ministry Of Life Or Death
13 I had no rest in my spirit, my not finding Titus my brother. But having departed from them, I went forth into Macedonia. 14 And thanks is to God who always causes us to triumph in the Christ, and who makes manifest the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place, through us. 15 Because we are a fragrance of Christ to God, in those being saved and in those perishing:
Phrases
Cross References
Song of Songs 1:3
Thine oils have a good fragrance. Thy name is oil poured forth. Therefore the virgins love thee.
2 Corinthians 9:15
And thanks to God for his indescribable gift.
2 Corinthians 8:16
But thanks to God who gives the same eagerness for you in the heart of Titus.
Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as also the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.
Psalm 106:47
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
Romans 6:17
But thanks to God, that ye were bondmen of sin, but ye obeyed from the heart a model of doctrine for which ye were delivered.
Romans 8:37
But in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Philippians 4:18
But I receive all things, and I abound. I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, an aroma of fragrance, an acceptable sacrifice well-pleasing to God.
Psalm 148:14
And he has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his sanctified, even of the sons of Israel, a people near to him. Praise ye LORD.
Romans 15:19
in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of a spirit of God, so that for me, from Jerusalem and all around as far as Illyricum, to fully preach the good-news of Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:37
And what thou sow, thou do not sow the body that it will become, but a bare grain, if it may happen of wheat, or of some other kind.
2 Corinthians 1:11
And of you who help together by supplication for us (a gift for us from many persons, because of many), so that there may be gratitude about you.
2 Corinthians 2:15-16
Because we are a fragrance of Christ to God, in those being saved and in those perishing:
Ephesians 5:20
expressing thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to the God and Father,
Colossians 1:6
being present for you, just as also in all the world. And it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day that ye heard and recognized the grace of God in truth.
Colossians 1:23
If ye truly continue in the faith, founded, and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the good-news that ye heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I Paul became a helper.
Colossians 2:15
Having stripped the principal offices and the positions of authority, he exposed them openly, having triumphed over them by it.
1 Thessalonians 3:9
For what thanks can we repay God about you, for all the joy in which we rejoiced because of you before our God,
Revelation 7:12
saying, Truly! Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and strength, is for our God into the ages of the ages. Truly!