2 Corinthians 2:14-17 New Living Translation
Ministers of the New Covenant
“But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume. Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing. To those who are perishing, we are a dreadful smell of death and doom. But to those who are being saved, we are a life-giving perfume. And who is adequate for such a task as this? You see, we are not like the many hucksters who preach for personal profit. We preach the word of God with sincerity and with Christ’s authority, knowing that God is watching us.”
(**Thank you, Elaine, for sharing this scripture with me! Interesting how in all my reading I had never noticed exactly what it said before this time, when I needed to hear it the most.)
Love this! Seems especially appropriate as we see new life emerging in the Spring, and it’s all fragrant and beautiful!
Those are great thoughts, Allison… new life, spring, fragrant flowers, beauty… ect. I think we all want our lives to be all that through Christ.
Thanks for sharing this verse.
Thanks for commenting:)
Thanks for sharing, Jane. I’m grateful God sees us as His own.
That’s a great thought to point out, Joni. “God sees us as His own.” And, sees us as fragrant. Most of the time I feel like I stink, ha ha.