New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Corinthians 2:12-17

12Now when I came to 1Troas for the 2gospel of Christ and when a 3door was opened for me in the Lord, 13I 4had no rest for my spirit, not finding 5Titus my brother; but 6taking my leave of them, I went on to 7Macedonia.

14 8But thanks be to God, who always 9leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the 10sweet aroma of the 11knowledge of Him in every place. 15For we are a 12fragrance of Christ to God among 13those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; 16 14to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is 15adequate for these things? 17For we are not like many, 16 17peddling the word of God, but 18as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ 19in the sight of God.

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Notes

1. 2 Corinthians 2:12 Acts 16:8 ↩
2. 2 Corinthians 2:12 Rom 1:1; 2 Cor 4:3, 4; 8:18; 9:13; 10:14; 11:4, 7; 1 Thess 3:2 ↩
3. 2 Corinthians 2:12 Acts 14:27 ↩
4. 2 Corinthians 2:13 2 Cor 7:5 ↩
5. 2 Corinthians 2:13 2 Cor 7:6, 13f; 8:6, 16, 23; 12:18; Gal 2:1, 3; 2 Tim 4:10; Titus 1:4 ↩
6. 2 Corinthians 2:13 Mark 6:46 ↩
7. 2 Corinthians 2:13 Rom 15:26 ↩
8. 2 Corinthians 2:14 Rom 1:8; 6:17; 1 Cor 15:57; 2 Cor 8:16; 9:15 ↩
9. 2 Corinthians 2:14 Col 2:15 ↩
10. 2 Corinthians 2:14 Song 1:3; Ezek 20:41; Eph 5:2; Phil 4:18 ↩
11. 2 Corinthians 2:14 1 Cor 12:8 ↩
12. 2 Corinthians 2:15 Song 1:3; Ezek 20:41; Eph 5:2; Phil 4:18 ↩
13. 2 Corinthians 2:15 1 Cor 1:18 ↩
14. 2 Corinthians 2:16 Luke 2:34; John 9:39; 1 Pet 2:7f ↩
15. 2 Corinthians 2:16 2 Cor 3:5f ↩
16. 2 Corinthians 2:17 Or corrupting ↩
17. 2 Corinthians 2:17 2 Cor 4:2; Gal 1:6-9 ↩
18. 2 Corinthians 2:17 1 Cor 5:8; 2 Cor 1:12; 1 Thess 2:4; 1 Pet 4:11 ↩
19. 2 Corinthians 2:17 2 Cor 12:19 ↩

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