¹⁰But one whom you forgive anything, I forgive also; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have 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 ^ctaking my leave of them, I went on to ^dMacedonia.

¹⁴^aBut thanks be to God, who always ^bleads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the ^csweet aroma 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;

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

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

1Lit know the proof of you
1Or corrupting

Cross references

a 2 Cor 2:3f
b 2 Cor 8:2; Phil 2:22
c 2 Cor 7:15; 10:6
a 1 Cor 5:4; 2 Cor 4:6
a Matt 4:10
b Luke 22:31; 2 Cor 4:4; 1 Pet 5:8
a Acts 16:8
b Rom 1:1; 2 Cor 4:3, 4; 8:18; 9:13; 10:14; 11:4, 7; 1 Thess 3:2
c Acts 14:27
a 2 Cor 7:5
b 2 Cor 7:6, 13f; 8:6, 16, 23; 12:18; Gal 2:1, 3; 2 Tim 4:10; Titus 1:4
c Mark 6:46
d Rom 15:26
a Rom 1:8; 6:17; 1 Cor 15:57; 2 Cor 8:16; 9:15
b Col 2:15
c Song 1:3; Ezek 20:41; Eph 5:2; Phil 4:18
d 1 Cor 12:8
a Song 1:3; Ezek 20:41; Eph 5:2; Phil 4:18
b 1 Cor 1:18
a Luke 2:34; John 9:39; 1 Pet 2:7f
b 2 Cor 3:5f
a 2 Cor 4:2; Gal 1:6–9
b 1 Cor 5:8; 2 Cor 1:12; 1 Thess 2:4; 1 Pet 4:11
c 2 Cor 12:19