2 Corinthians 2:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ [which exhales] unto God, [discernible alike] among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing:

American Standard Version (1901)

For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish;

Common English Bible

We smell like the aroma of Christ’s offering to God, both to those who are being saved and to those who are on the road to destruction.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ for God, both with those who are being saved and with those who are perishing.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For we are the good odour of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish.

2 Corinthians 2:15 Cross References

Genesis 8:21

And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.

Exodus 29:18

and turn the rest of the ram into smoke on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord; it is a pleasing odor, an offering by fire to the Lord.

Exodus 29:25

Then you shall take them from their hands and turn them into smoke on the altar on top of the burnt offering for a pleasing odor before the Lord. It is an offering by fire to the Lord.

Song of Solomon 1:3

your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is perfume poured out; therefore the maidens love you.

Ezekiel 20:41

As a pleasing odor I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.

Numbers 15:3

and you make an offering by fire to the Lord from the herd or from the flock—whether a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering or at your appointed festivals—to make a pleasing odor for the Lord,

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Ephesians 5:2

and walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Philippians 4:18

I have been paid in full and have more than enough; I am fully satisfied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.