2 Corinthians 2:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. Who is competent 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 Tagairtí Cros

Numbers 15:3

and you are presenting a fire offering to Adonai—a burnt offering or a sacrifice to mark fulfilling a vow, a freewill offering, or during moadim —to present a pleasing aroma to Adonai, from the herd or from the flock,

Luke 2:34

And Simeon offered a bracha over them and said to Miriam His mother, “Behold, this One is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that is opposed,

John 9:39

Yeshua said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who don’t see may see, and the ones who do see may become blind.”

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace toward me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than them all—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become a fool—you drove me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I am in no way inferior to the super-special emissaries—though I am nothing.