Daily Wisdom: 2 Corinthians 2:15-16

Tuesday, September 20, 1955

For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task?
— 2 Corinthians 2:15-16

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