14 Now thanks be unto God, which always maketh us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the [a]savor of his knowledge by us in every place.

15 [b]For we are unto God the sweet savor of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them which perish.

16 To the one we are the savor of death, unto death, and to the other the savor of life, unto life: [c]and who is sufficient for these things?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 2:14 He alludeth to the anointing of the Priests, and the incense of the sacrifices.
  2. 2 Corinthians 2:15 He denieth that ought should be taken away from the dignity of his Apostleship, because they saw evidently that it was not received with like success in every place, nay rather very many rejected and detested him, seeing that he preacheth Christ, not only as a Savior of them that believe, but also as a Judge of them that condemn him.
  3. 2 Corinthians 2:16 Again, he putteth away all suspicion of arrogance, attributing all things that he did, to the virtue of God, whom he serveth sincerely, and without all dishonest affection: whereof he maketh them witnesses even to verse 6 of the next chapter.

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