Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Because we are a fragrance of Christ to God, in those being saved and in those perishing:
New American Standard Bible
For we are a
King James Version
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
Holman Bible
For to God we are the fragrance
International Standard Version
To God we are the aroma of the Messiah among those who are being saved and among those who are being lost.
American Standard Version
For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish;
Amplified
For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ [which ascends] to God, [discernible both] among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;
An Understandable Version
For we [i.e., through our preaching] are like a fragrant incense which goes up to God, [and spreads the knowledge] of Christ among both saved and lost people.
Anderson New Testament
For, through God, we are a sweet odor of Christ, among the saved, and among the lost:
Bible in Basic English
For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;
Common New Testament
For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,
Daniel Mace New Testament
for God is pleased to accept my christian labours, in favour both of those who are in a saving, and of those who are in a ruinous state:
Darby Translation
For we are a sweet odour of Christ to God, in the saved and in those that perish:
Godbey New Testament
because we are a sweet savour of Christ unto God, among those who are saved, and among those who perish;
Goodspeed New Testament
Yes, I am the fragrance of Christ to God, diffused among those who are being saved, and those who are perishing alike;
John Wesley New Testament
For we are to God a sweet odour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
Julia Smith Translation
For we are to God a sweet odor of Christ, in the saved, and in the host:
King James 2000
For we are unto God a sweet fragrance of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
Lexham Expanded Bible
For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,
Modern King James verseion
For we are to God a sweet savor of Christ, in those being saved, and in those being lost;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For we are unto God the sweet savor of Christ, both among them that are saved, and also among them which perish:
Moffatt New Testament
I live for God as the fragrance of Christ breathed alike on those who are being saved and on those who are perishing,
Montgomery New Testament
I am Christ's fragrance upwafted unto God, among those who are being saved and those who are perishing;
NET Bible
For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing --
New Heart English Bible
For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
Noyes New Testament
For we are to God a sweet odor of Christ among those who are being saved, and those who are perishing;
Sawyer New Testament
for we are a sweet odor of Christ to God, in the saved and in the lost,
The Emphasized Bible
That, of Christ, a grateful odour, are we, unto God, - in them who are being saved, and in them who are being lost:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For we are a sweet odour of Christ to God in those who are saved, and in those who perish.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For we are the fragrance of Christ ascending to God--both among those who are in the path of Salvation and among those who are in the path to Ruin.
Webster
For we are to God a sweet savor of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
Weymouth New Testament
For we are a fragrance of Christ grateful to God in those whom He is saving and in those who are perishing;
Williams New Testament
Indeed, I am the fragrance of Christ to God, alike for those who are being saved and for those who are perishing;
World English Bible
For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
Worrell New Testament
because we are to God a sweet savor of Christ, in those who are being saved, and in those who are perishing;
Worsley New Testament
For we are the sweet odor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, yea and in them that perish:
Youngs Literal Translation
because of Christ a sweet fragrance we are to God, in those being saved, and in those being lost;
Themes
Evangelism » What evangelists are
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Salvation » Ministers » Are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in those who obtain
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Corinthians 2:15
Images 2 Corinthians 2:15
Prayers for 2 Corinthians 2:15
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A Ministry Of Life Or Death
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: 16 to the one an odor of death for death, and to the other an aroma of life for life. And who is adequate for these things?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the message of the cross is of course, foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is a power of God.
Ezekiel 20:41
I will accept you as a sweet savor when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries in which ye have been scattered. And I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.
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.
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.
Genesis 8:21
And LORD smelled the sweet savor. And LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I again any more smite everything
Exodus 29:25
And thou shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar upon the burnt-offering, for a sweet savor before LORD. It is an offering made by fire to LORD.
Isaiah 49:5-6
And now says LORD who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered to him (for I am honorable in the eyes of LORD, and my God has become my strength),
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
But even if our good-news is concealed, it is concealed in those who are perishing,
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and in all deception of unrighteousness in those who are perishing, in return for which, they did not accept the love of the truth in order for them to be saved.
Exodus 29:18
and thou shall burn the whole ram upon the altar. It is a burnt-offering to LORD. It is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to LORD.