2 Corinthians 2:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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? ”

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To the one - To those who perish. We are the savour of death unto death - We are the occasion of deepening their condemnation, and of sinking them lower into ruin. The expression used here me...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

To the one [we are] the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. (4) And who [is] sufficient for these things? (4) Again, he dismisses all suspicion of arrogance, a...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

This will complete the joyful reconciliation already accomplished. Paul had found himself at Troas, restless and uneasy till he heard the result of his letter to Corinth. Even the great opportunity f...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

life. Greek. zoe . App-170. for . Greek. pros. App-104.
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. And who is sufficient for these things? This exclamation is thought by some (349) to be introduced by way of guarding against arrogance, for he confesses, that to discharge the office o...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2004 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MINISTRY 2 Corinthians 2:15-16 . We are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: to the one we are the savour of...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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? To the one we are the savour of death unto death - There a...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For we are unto God, &c.— For, upon God's account, [ or, in order that God may be known ] we communicate a savoury odour of Christ, to them who are saved, and to them who are not, 2 Corint...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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? The savour of [ ek ( G1537 ), from] death unto de...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(b) 2:8-13. The Object and Results of the severe Letter The Apostle reminds them that to produce this godly sorrow was the object of the letter he wrote before. He then speaks of one man who has...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To the one we are the savour of death unto death. — As with other instances of St. Paul’s figurative language, we note the workings of a deeply, though unconsciously, poetic imagination. Keeping th...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 A PASTOR'S HEART. 2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4 (R.V) WHEN Paul came to the end of the paragraph in which he defends himself from the charge of levity and untrustwort...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Savor of the Knowledge of Christ 2 Corinthians 2:12-17 ; 2 Corinthians 3:1-6 Paul, in 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 , imagines himself as part of his Master's procession passing through the world...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

What a remarkable light is thrown on his first letter by his declaration that he wrote it "out of much affliction and anguish of heart," and "with many tears." Referring thus to his first letter, Pau...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(14) Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place. (15) For we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ, in th...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

MAN’S INSUFFICIENCY ‘Who is sufficient for these things?’ 2 Corinthians 2:16 St. Paul occupied so peculiar a position that it cannot be doubted that he stood in need of peculiar assistance a...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

To the one we are the savour of death unto death ,.... Who are for death, or appointed to it; see Jeremiah 43:11 . What the apostle says of the Gospel, and Gospel ministers, the Jews his countrymen...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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? Ver. 16. The savour of death ] Aristotle writeth, that...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For we The preachers of the gospel, the apostles especially; are unto God a sweet odour of Christ He is well pleased with this perfume diffused by us, with this incense of his name and gospel, wh...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

These first few verses are a continuation of chapter 1. Paul had purposed that he would not come to the Corinthians "in heaviness," and for this reason delayed his visit. For his First Epistle was su...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Effects of the Christian Ministry. A. D. 57. 12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As sweet smells, which are to some pleasant and comfortable, are to others pernicious and deadly; so it is with the sweet savour of the gospel. The report which we in all places make of Christ, to so...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and is making known through us the fragrance of his knowledge in every place. For we are a sweet fragrance of Christ to God, in those...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 2:12 . Troas .— Acts 20:1-6 . Note, “ for the Gospel ,” literally exact. Door .—Cf. 1 Corinthians 16:9 , and material there. 2 Corinthians 2:13 .—See Homily, “C...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:14-16 The Absolute Character and Critical Effects of the Ministry of the Gospel. I. The absolute or real character is seen in what it is to God. The gospel not only displays and e...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 2:1 . But I determined that I would not come again to you in heaviness; but rather wait till the late scandal should subside. The offender, a man no doubt much known in the city, had...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Furthermore, when I came to Troas. The effect of the gospel ministry I. The work which the minister undertakes. I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel”; “God maketh manifest the savour of Hi...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Continuation of his reasons for not coming to them direct from Ephesus ( 2 Corinthians 2:1-47 ). Their treatment of the incestuous offender ( 2 Corinthians 2:5-47 ). His thankfulness...
2 Corinthians 2:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's Triumph in Christ. 2 Corinthians 2:12-17
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:10 ; 1 Peter 2:7 ; 1 Peter 2:8 ; 2 Corinthians 12:11 ; 2 Corinthians 3:5 ; 2 Corinthians 3:6 ; Acts 13:45-47 ; Acts 20:26 ; Acts 20:27 ; John 9:39 ; Luke 2:34
2 Corinthians 2:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And who is sufficient for these things — No man living, but by the power of God's Spirit.

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 2:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 2:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 2:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 2:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 2:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes