2 Corinthians
2:14-17
(AMP)
14 But thanks be to
God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph [as trophies of Christ’s victory]
and through us spreads and makes evident the fragrance of the knowledge of God
everywhere,
15 For we are the sweet
fragrance of Christ [which exhales] unto God, [discernible alike] among those
who are being saved and among those who are perishing:
16 To the latter it is
an aroma [wafted] from death to death [a fatal odor, the smell of doom]; to the
former it is an aroma from life to life [a vital fragrance, living and fresh].
And who is qualified (fit and sufficient) for these things? [Who is able for
such a ministry? We?]
17 For we are not, like
so many, [like hucksters making a trade of] peddling God’s Word [shortchanging
and adulterating the divine message]; but like [men] of sincerity and the
purest motive, as [commissioned and sent] by God, we speak [His message] in
Christ (the Messiah), in the [very] sight and presence of God.
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