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2 Corinthians 2:15

For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

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ASV

For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish;

KJV

For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὅτιhotiForG3754 →
ΧριστοῦChristouof ChristG5547 →
εὐωδίαeuōdiaa sweet perfumeG2175 →
ἐσμὲνesmenwe areG1510 →
τῷtō<the>G3588 →
θεῷtheōto GodG2316 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τοῖςtoisthoseG3588 →
σῳζομένοιςsōzomenoisbeing savedG4982 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τοῖςtoisthoseG3588 →
ἀπολλυμένοις,apollumenoisperishing,G622 →

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Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.1 Corinthians 1:18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.Ezekiel 20:41When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations.Philippians 4:18I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.Genesis 8:21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.Exodus 29:18Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.2 Thessalonians 2:10and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.2 Corinthians 4:3–4And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.Exodus 29:25Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar atop the burnt offering as a pleasing aroma before the LORD; it is an offering made by fire to the LORD.Isaiah 49:4But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”Leviticus 1:9The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.Numbers 28:2“Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My offerings by fire, as a pleasing aroma to Me.1 Corinthians 15:2By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.Isaiah 49:5–6And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him—for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—

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