2 Corinthians 2:15 meaning and explanation

For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

2 Corinthians 2:15, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul is defending his ministry to the Corinthian church, which he had earlier corrected in a painful letter. In verses 14 to 16 he pictures a Roman victory procession, where incense burned along the route: to the victorious it meant life, to the captives it meant death.

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