2 Corinthians 2:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ 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?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ To the latter it is an aroma [wafted] from death to death [a fatal odor, the smell of doom]; to the former it is an aroma from life to life [a vital fragrance, living and fresh]. And who is qualified (fit and sufficient) for these things? [Who is able for such a ministry? We?]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ 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?

Common English Bible

¹⁶ We smell like a contagious dead person to those who are dying, but we smell like the fountain of life to those who are being saved. Who is qualified for this kind of ministry?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ To the one, certainly, the fragrance is of death unto death. But to the other, the fragrance is of life unto life. And concerning these things, who is so suitable?

2 Corinthians 2:16 Cross References

Numbers 15:3

and you make a food offering  to the Lord from the herd or flock #– #either a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfil a vow,  or as a freewill offering, or at your appointed festivals #– #to produce a pleasing aroma for the Lord,

Luke 2:34

Then Simeon blessed them and told his mother Mary, ‘Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel  and to be a sign that will be opposed   #– #

John 9:39

Jesus said, ‘I came into this world   for judgement,   in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.’

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace towards me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have been a fool; you forced it on me. You ought to have commended me, since I am not in any way inferior to those ‘super-apostles’, even though I am nothing.