A sweet savour of Christ (Χριστου ευωδια). Old word from ευ, well, and οζω, to smell. In N.T. only here and Php 4:18;[Reference Ep…

For we are unto God. We who are His ministers, and who thus triumph. It is implied here that Paul felt that ministers were labouring f…

We are to God a sweet savour of Christ.—If we believe this Epistle to have been written from Philippi, it is interesting …

(15–16a) As faithful preachers and followers of Christ, the apostles themselves formed a sweet “aroma” (GK 2380) of Christ rising up to God as a pl…

A sweet odor of Christ. The metaphor that he applied to the knowledge of Christ, he now transfers to the persons of the Apostles, but for …

For we are unto God a sweet savour
Here a reason is given, why the savour of the knowledge of God in Christ is made …

A believer's triumphs are all in Christ. To him be the praise and glory of all, while the success of the gospel is a good reason for a Christian's …

Having given the first reason for his delay—that he might avoid coming to them in sadne —the Apostle now gives the second reason: the fruit he was …