Devine Scripture

2 Corinthians 2:16

2 Corinthians chapter 2 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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?

ASV

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?

Context

v.15For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish;

v.16This passage

v.17For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:10

    But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

  • Luke 2:34

    and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against;

  • John 9:39

    And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:5

    not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

  • 2 Corinthians 12:11

    I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.

  • 1 Peter 2:7

    For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;