Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, "Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against
2 Corinthians 2:16 - English Majority Text Version To some we are the fragrance of death leading to death, but to others the fragrance of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things? Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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? |
Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, "Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against
And Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see might become blind."
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me! For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing have I been inferior to the super apostles, though I am nothing.