16to the one a savour from death unto death; to the other a savour from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?


In Context

13 I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.

14 But thanks be unto God, which always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savour of his knowledge in every place.

15 For we are a sweet savour of Christ unto God, in them that are being saved, and in them that are perishing;

16 to the one a savour from death unto death; to the other a savour from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

17 For 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.

2 Corinthians 2:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16To 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?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:16To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:16To 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?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:16to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16to the one an odour from death unto death, but to the others an odour from life unto life; and who is sufficient for these things?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16To the one we are the savor of death to death; and to the other the savor of life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16to the one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and for these things who is sufficient?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16To the one we are the smell of death to death; and to the other the smell of life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?