2 Corinthians 2:15-16 (ESV Strong's)
For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
Subject: Witnessing; being a good testimony
How do you smell today? What fragrance do you send off. This is the thought in the above couple of verse. Note what one word study book states:
(Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Abrid):
εὐωδία euōdía [fragrance]
In secular Greek euōdía has the literal sense of 'sweet smell,' 'scent,' e.g., of plants, fruits, wine, ointment, atmosphere, incense, breath. The LXX uses it for the sweet savor of the burnt offering. Philo compares the good influence of the wise to the invisible outflowing of a sweet scent.
We should "smell" like Christ and that smell should be natural. Others should not repeal from us because of our "stink" but should be drawn to Christ through our "scent.".
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