2 Corinthians 2:14

New Century Version

But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s victory parade. God uses us to spread his knowledge everywhere like a sweet-smelling perfume.

Cross References

Psalm 106:47

Lord our God, save us and bring us back from other nations. Then we will thank you and will gladly praise you.

Psalm 148:14

God has given his people a king. He should be praised by all who belong to him; he should be praised by the Israelites, the people closest to his heart. Praise the Lord!

Song of Solomon 1:3

The smell of your perfume is pleasant, and your name is pleasant like expensive perfume. That’s why the young women love you.

Ezekiel 20:41

I will accept you like the pleasing smell of sacrifices when I bring you out from the foreign nations and gather you from the lands where you are scattered. Then through you I will show how holy I am so the nations will see.

John 16:33

“I told you these things so that you can have peace in me. In this world you will have trouble, but be brave! I have defeated the world.”

Romans 1:8

First I want to say that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because people everywhere in the world are talking about your faith.

Romans 15:19

because of the power of miracles and the great things they saw, and because of the power of the Holy Spirit. I preached the Good News from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, and so I have finished that part of my work.

Romans 6:17

In the past you were slaves to sin—sin controlled you. But thank God, you fully obeyed the things that you were taught.

Romans 8:37

But in all these things we are completely victorious through God who showed his love for us.

1 Corinthians 12:8

The Spirit gives one person the ability to speak with wisdom, and the same Spirit gives another the ability to speak with knowledge.

1 Corinthians 15:37

And when you sow it, it does not have the same “body” it will have later. What you sow is only a bare seed, maybe wheat or something else.

1 Corinthians 15:57

But we thank God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 1:11

And you can help us with your prayers. Then many people will give thanks for us—that God blessed us because of their many prayers.

2 Corinthians 8:16

I thank God because he gave Titus the same love for you that I have.

2 Corinthians 9:15

Thanks be to God for his gift that is too wonderful for words.

Ephesians 5:2

Live a life of love just as Christ loved us and gave himself for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:20

Always give thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Philippians 4:18

And now I have everything, and more. I have all I need, because Epaphroditus brought your gift to me. It is like a sweet-smelling sacrifice offered to God, who accepts that sacrifice and is pleased with it.

Colossians 1:23

This will happen if you continue strong and sure in your faith. You must not be moved away from the hope brought to you by the Good News that you heard. That same Good News has been told to everyone in the world, and I, Paul, help in preaching that Good News.

Colossians 1:6

that was told to you. Everywhere in the world that Good News is bringing blessings and is growing. This has happened with you, too, since you heard the Good News and understood the truth about the grace of God.

Colossians 2:15

God stripped the spiritual rulers and powers of their authority. With the cross, he won the victory and showed the world that they were powerless.

1 Thessalonians 1:8

And the Lord’s teaching spread from you not only into Macedonia and Southern Greece, but now your faith in God has become known everywhere. So we do not need to say anything about it.

1 Thessalonians 3:9

We have so much joy before our God because of you. We cannot thank him enough for all the joy we feel.

1 Timothy 2:8

So, I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up their hands in a holy manner, without anger and arguments.

2 Timothy 2:2

You should teach people whom you can trust the things you and many others have heard me say. Then they will be able to teach others.

Revelation 7:12

saying, “Amen! Praise, glory, wisdom, thanks, honor, power, and strength belong to our God forever and ever. Amen!”