2Cor 2:15 Cross References
2 Corinthians 2:15
15: Our lives are a fragrance presented by Christ to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those being saved and by those perishing.
1 Corinthians 1:18
- I know very well how foolish the message of the cross sounds to those who are on the road to destruction. But we who are being saved recognize this message as the very power of God.
Ephesians 5:2
- Live a life filled with love for others, following the example of Christ, who loved you and gave himself as a sacrifice to take away your sins. And God was pleased, because that sacrifice was like sweet perfume to him.
Ezekiel 20:41
- When I bring you home from exile, you will be as pleasing to me as an offering of perfumed incense. And I will display my holiness in you as all the nations watch.
Philippians 4:18
- At the moment I have all I need--more than I need! I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me with Epaphroditus. They are a sweet-smelling sacrifice that is acceptable to God and pleases him.
2 Corinthians 4:3
- If the Good News we preach is veiled from anyone, it is a sign that they are perishing.
- Satan, the god of this evil world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe, so they are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News that is shining upon them. They don't understand the message we preach about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.
2 Thessalonians 2:10
- He will use every kind of wicked deception to fool those who are on their way to destruction because they refuse to believe the truth that would save them.
Genesis 8:21
- And the LORD was pleased with the sacrifice and said to himself, "I will never again curse the earth, destroying all living things, even though people's thoughts and actions are bent toward evil from childhood.
Exodus 29:18
- and burn them all on the altar. This is a burnt offering to the LORD, which is very pleasing to him.
Exodus 29:25
- Afterward take the bread from their hands, and burn it on the altar as a burnt offering that will be pleasing to the LORD.
Isaiah 49:5
- And now the LORD speaks--he who formed me in my mother's womb to be his servant, who commissioned me to bring his people of Israel back to him. The LORD has honored me, and my God has given me strength.
- He says, "You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me. I will make you a light to the Gentiles, and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth."