2 Corinthians 2:16

16. Savour of death unto death An odour savouring of, and tending unto, and resulting in, death. Unpardoned prisoners, who were to be executed on the arrival of the victor at the Capitol, were often in the procession. To them the odour was redolent of death and pointed unto death. Others were to be spared; and to them the incense was fragrant of life and prophetic unto life. The impenitent hearers of the gospel represent the condemned captives.

Sufficient… things Literally, and for these things who is adequate? These things refer to the preaching of the gospel, with its fearful alternatives of life and death eternal. The apostle began the paragraph at 2 Corinthians 2:14; as a pean, but it ends in a wail. He would that all might be rescued unto life, but what sufficiency has man for such a result?