12. And when I had arrived at Troas, because of the Gospel of Christ, and a door had opened to me in the Lord,
13. I had no rest within my spirit, because I was not able to find Titus, my brother. So, saying goodbye to them, I set out for Macedonia.
14. But thanks be to God, who always brings triumph to us in Christ Jesus, and who manifests the fragrance of his knowledge through us in every place.
15. For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ for God, both with those who are being saved and with those who are perishing.
16. To the one, certainly, the fragrance is of death unto death. But to the other, the fragrance is of life unto life. And concerning these things, who is so suitable?
17. For we are not like many others, adulterating the Word of God. But instead, we speak with sincerity: from God, before God, and in Christ.