“To unbelievers the preaching of the cross is the smell of death. On hearing the Word of God they receive it as if it were a plague from which death knocks on the door. But to others it is the fragrance of life. To believers the Word of God is a messenger of eternal life. It affects them in accordance with their faith.”
Ambrosiaster, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
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16To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
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14Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
15For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
— 2 Corinthians 2:16 —
17For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.