2 Corinthians 2:16

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

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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...
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)...
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 h...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

life. Greek. zoe . App-170. for . Greek. pros. App-104.
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...
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...
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 o...
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...
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...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
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, th...
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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
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...
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 ma...
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)...
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 doub...
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 Gos...
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....
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 b...
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 reas...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Effects of the Christian Ministry. A. D. 57. ...
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 r...
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...
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 mat...
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 wha...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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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 of...
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 Chris...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
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 of...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's Triumph in Christ. 2 Corinthians 2:12-17
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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?
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 ;...

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?

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 2:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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