life. Greek. zoe. App-170.
for. Greek. pros. App-104.
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...
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)...
This will complete the joyful reconciliation already accomplished. Paul had found himself at Troas, restless and uneasy till he heard the result of h...
16. And who is sufficient for these things? This exclamation is thought by some (349) to be introduced by way of guarding against arrogance...
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...
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 o...
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...
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...
(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...
The figure of the triumphal procession is continued. 'Some of the conquered enemies were put to death when the procession reached the Capitol; to the...
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, th...
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...
Chapter 7 CHRIST'S CAPTIVE. 2 Corinthians 2:12-17 (R.V) IN this passage the Apostle returns from what is virtually, if not formally, a digress...
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...
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 ma...
(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)...
MAN’S INSUFFICIENCY ‘Who is sufficient for these things?’ 2 Corinthians 2:16 St. Paul occupied so peculiar a position that it cannot be doub...
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 Gos...
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....
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 b...
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 reas...
Effects of the Christian Ministry. A. D. 57. ...
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 r...
‘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...
CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 2:12 . Troas .— Acts 20:1-6 . Note, “ for the Gospel ,” literally exact. Door .—Cf. 1 Corinthians 16:9 , and mat...
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 wha...
2 Corinthians 2:15-16 God Glorified in the Preaching of the Gospel. I. The gospel is a revelation of all which is most illustrious in Godhead and...
2 Corinthians 2:16 The Missionary. I. Among the qualifications of the true missionary, I do not scruple to put first a love of souls; or, if the...
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 of...
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 Chris...
Now thanks be to God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ. God’s triumph and Paul’s The authorised translation at first sight strikes...
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved and in them that perish. Dissimilar effects of the same thing Consider the...
EXPOSITION Continuation of his reasons for not coming to them direct from Ephesus ( 2 Corinthians 2:1-47 ). Their treatment of the incestuous of...
Paul's Triumph in Christ. 2 Corinthians 2:12-17
To the one we are the savor of death unto death, and to the other the savor of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
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 ;...
And who is sufficient for these things — No man living, but by the power of God's Spirit.
16 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?