2 Corinthians 2:15 (WEB)
For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God in those who are being saved and in those who perish:
Catechism · 1
“By Confirmation Christians, that is, those who are anointed, share more completely in the mission of Jesus Christ and the fullness of the Holy Spirit with which he is filled, so that their lives may give off "the aroma of Christ."” — Catechism footnote: 2 Cor 2:15.
Fathers and councils · 17
Origen
“…that giveth life unto the world; and so also a sense of smelling, which scents such things as leads Paul to say that he is a sweet savour of Christ unto God; and a sense of touch, by which John says that he “handled with his hands of the Word of life;”—the blessed prophets having discovered this divine perception,…” — editor's note: Cf. 2 Cor. ii. 15.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“For the apostle does also say in the Second [Epistle] to the Corinthians: “For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them which are saved, and in them which perish: to the one indeed the savour of death unto death, but to the other the savour of life unto life.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 15, 16.
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Jerome
“Whence the Apostle also says, “We are a sweet savour of Christ.”“Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 15.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Or, truly, because we read, “We are a sweet savor of Christ in every place, both in them which are saved and in them which perish;” to the one, indeed, a savor of life unto life, to others a savor of death unto death; shall we pronounce even the savor of Christ to be a murderer?” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 15, 16. [See R.V.]
Read the whole comment“The contrary to which stink of sin, is that savour of which the Apostle says, “We are the sweet savour of Christ unto God, in every place, unto them which be saved.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 15.
Read the whole comment“He did not say, “We are a sweet savour in them that are saved, and a foul savour in them that are lost:” but, as far as relates to ourselves, “we are a sweet…” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 14, 15.
Read the whole comment““We are a good savour of Christ,” as the apostle says everywhere.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 15.
Read the whole comment“To the one we are the savor of life unto life, to the other the savor of death unto death: and who is sufficient for these things?”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 14–16.
Read the whole comment“…Jews, some of whom believed on seeing it, and others perished in their envy, because of that sweet savor which is unto life to some, and to others unto death; after He had sat down to meat with Lazarus—the one who had been dead and raised to life—reclining also at table, and after the pouring on His feet of the…” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 15.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
“(2 Cor. 2:15.)” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Then on the nostrils; that receiving the sacred ointment ye may say, We are to God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 15.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“For the first went out rejoicing, glory and grace being blended in their faces, so that even their bonds seemed like beautiful ornaments, as those of a bride adorned with variegated golden fringes; and they were perfumed with the sweet savor of Christ, so that some supposed they had been anointed with earthly ointment.” — editor's note: Cf. 2 Cor. ii. 15. Cf. also Bk. IV. chap. 15, §37, above.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Wherefore the Apostle, knowing well that he had shed upon all the ointment of apostolic forgiveness, says: “We are a sweet savour of Christ unto God in them that are saved.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 15.
Read the whole comment“And so the Apostle says: “For we are the good odour of Christ to God;” certainly showing that he is speaking of spiritual things.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 15.
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Gregory the Great
“And when Paul the Apostle said, We are a good odour of Christ unto God (2 Cor. ii. 15), it is plainly given to be understood that he exhibited himself as a savour indeed to the present, but as an odour to the absent.” — the author cites it
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For ‘we are a sweet savour of Christ in them that are being saved,’ as the Apostle says.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 15.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For we are to God a sweet savour of the Lord, in them that are saved, and them that are lost; to one a savour of death unto death, to the other a savour of life unto life.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 14–16.
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Cross-references · 40
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.28.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.3.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.3.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.
Cited together in Church History V.1.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.28.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.28.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.3.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.3.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.28.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.28.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.28.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.28.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.28.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.3.
Cited together in Church History V.1.
Cited together in Church History V.1.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:18–21 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:18–21 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:18–21 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:18–21 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:18–21 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.
Cited together in Church History V.1.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.28.