2 Corinthians 2:9–17

⁹For to this end also ^aI wrote, so that I might ^bknow your proven character, whether you are ^cobedient in all things.

¹⁰But one whom you graciously forgive anything, I graciously forgive also. For indeed what I have graciously forgiven, if I have graciously forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes ^ain the presence of Christ,

¹¹so that no advantage would be taken of us by ^aSatan, for ^bwe are not ignorant of his schemes.

¹²Now when I came to ^aTroas for the ^bgospel of Christ and when a ^cdoor was opened for me in the Lord,

¹³I ^ahad no rest for my spirit, not finding ^bTitus my brother. But ^csaying farewell to them, I went on to ^dMacedonia.

^14aBut thanks be to God, who always ^bleads us in triumphal procession in Christ, and manifests through us the ^caroma of the ^dknowledge of Him in every place.

¹⁵For we are a ^afragrance of Christ to God among ^bthose who are being saved and among those who are perishing;

^16ato the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is ^bsufficient for these things?

¹⁷For we are not like many, ^1apeddling the word of God, but ^bas from sincerity, but as from God, ^cin the sight of God, we speak in Christ.