8. Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him.
9. I wrote for this purpose: to test your character to see if you are obedient in everything.
10. If you forgive anyone, I do too. For what I have forgiven — if I have forgiven anything — it is for you in the presence of Christ.
11. I have done this so that we may not be taken advantage of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.
12. When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, the Lord opened a door for me.
13. I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus, but I said good-bye to them and left for Macedonia.
14. But thanks be to God, who always puts us on display in Christ and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.
15. For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
16. To some we are an aroma of death leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life leading to life. And who is competent for this?
17. For we are not like the many who market God’s message for profit. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.