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16 To some people we are a deadly fragrance,[a] while to others we are a living fragrance.[b] Who is qualified for this? 17 At least we are not commercializing God’s word like so many others. Instead, we speak with sincerity in the Messiah’s[c] name,[d] like people who are sent from God and are accountable to God.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 2:16 Lit. a fragrance of death to death
  2. 2 Corinthians 2:16 Lit. a fragrance of life to life
  3. 2 Corinthians 2:17 Or Christ’s
  4. 2 Corinthians 2:17 The Gk. lacks name
  5. 2 Corinthians 2:17 Lit. as from God and before God