2 Corinthians 2:16 - 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?

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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?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ To the one indeed the odour of death unto death: but to the others the odour of life unto life. And for these things who is so sufficient?

2 Corinthians 2:16 Tagairtí Cros

Numbers 15:3

and you make an offering to the Lord, as a holocaust or as a victim, paying your vows, or as a voluntary offering of gifts, or in your solemnities, burning a sweet odor to the Lord, whether from the oxen or from the sheep:

Luke 2:34

And Simeon blessed them, and he said to his mother Mary: "Behold, this one has been set for the ruin and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and as a sign which will be contradicted.

John 9:39

And Jesus said, "I came into this world in judgment, so that those who do not see, may see; and so that those who see, may become blind."

1 Corinthians 15:10

But, by the grace of God, I am what I am. And his grace in me has not been empty, since I have labored more abundantly than all of them. Yet it is not I, but the grace of God within me.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become foolish; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you. For I have been nothing less than those who claim to be above the measure of Apostles, even though I am nothing.