2 CORINTHIANS 2:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:”
For we are to God the pleasing aroma (osmē) of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing — the aroma of Christ functions redemptively or judgmentally depending on the hearer's response. The incense metaphor recalls Old Testament temple sacrifice, but Paul extends it: Christian presence itself emanates Christ's fragrance.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 2:15
“For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved and in them that perish.” Whether, says he, one be saved or be lost, the Gospel continues to have its proper virtue: and as the light, although it blinds the weakly, is still light, though causing blindness; and as honey, though it be bitter to those who are diseased, is in its nature sweet; so also is the Gospel of sweet savor, even though some should be lost who believe it not. For not It, but their own…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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