Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Nous sommes, en effet, pour Dieu la bonne odeur de Christ, parmi ceux qui sont sauvés et parmi ceux qui périssent:
KJV
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
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