For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
The 1611 reading
For wee are vnto God, a sweet sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them that perish.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of save, meaning to rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 47:25
Complete exact-word concordance
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
For wee are vnto God, a sweet sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them that perish.
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1 · Direct Scripture definition
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
Preserved from evil, injury or destruction; prevented; spared.