16to the latter an odor of death that leads to death, to the former an odor of life that leads to life. Who is qualified[W][2:16b–17] Qualified: Paul may be echoing either the self–satisfied claims of other preachers or their charges about Paul’s deficiencies. No one is really qualified, but the apostle contrasts himself with those who dilute or falsify the preaching for personal advantage and insists on his totally good conscience: his ministry is from God, and he has exercised it with fidelity and integrity (cf. 2 Cor 3:5–6). for this?
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