2 Corinthians 2:16

To the one we are the savour of death unto death,.... Who are for death, or appointed to it; see Jer 43:11. What the apostle says of the Gospel, and Gospel ministers, the Jews his countrymen used…

To the one - To those who perish. We are the savour of death unto death - We are the occasion of deepening their condemnation, and of sinking them lower into ruin. The expression used here means…

To the one we are the savour of death unto death - There are several sayings among the ancient Jewish writers similar to this. In Debarim Rabba, sec. i. fol. 248, it is said: "As the bee brings home…

After these directions concerning the excommunicated person the apostle makes a long digression, to give the Corinthians an account of his travels and labours for the furtherance of the gospel, and…

To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life The reading accepted by most recent editors is -a savour arising from death and resulting in death," and…