⁹I wrote for this purpose: to test your character^c to see if you are obedient^d in everything. ¹⁰Anyone you forgive, I do too. For what I have forgiven—if I have forgiven anything—it is for your benefit in the presence of Christ, ¹¹so that we may not be taken advantage^e of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.

A TRIP TO MACEDONIA

¹²When I came to Troas^f to preach the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord opened a door^g for me, ¹³I had no rest^h in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus.ⁱ Instead, I said good-bye to them and left for Macedonia.ⁱ

A MINISTRY OF LIFE OR DEATH

¹⁴But thanks be to God,^k who always leads us in Christ’s triumphal procession and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place.^l ¹⁵For to God we are the fragrance^m of Christ among those who are being savedⁿ and among those who are perishing.^o ¹⁶To some we are an aroma of death^p leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life^q leading to life. Who is adequate for these things? ¹⁷For we do not market the word^D^r of God for profit like so many. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.

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2 Corinthians 2:14: But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.

Footnotes

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Cross references

c Rm 5:4
d Php 2:8
e 2Co 12:17
f Ac 16:8
g Col 4:3
h 2Th 1:7
i Ti 1:4
i Ac 16:9
k 1Co 15:57
l Jn 17:3; 1Jn 4:8
m Eph 5:2; Php 4:18
n Mt 9:22; Ac 16:30; Eph 2:8
o Jn 6:27
p Mt 10:21; Jn 8:51; Php 3:10
q 1Jn 5:12
r Mt 12:36; Mk 4:14; Lk 6:47; 8:21; Jn 1:1; 2:22; 18:32; Ac 17:11; 2Tm 2:15; Heb 4:12