10. Anyone you forgive I also forgive. Was there anything to forgive? If so, I have forgiven it for your benefit, knowing that Christ is watching.
11. We don't want Satan to outsmart us. We know how he does his evil work.
12. I went to Troas to preach the good news about Christ. There I found that the Lord had opened a door of opportunity for me.
13. But I still had no peace of mind. I couldn't find my brother Titus there. So I said good-by to the believers at Troas and went on to Macedonia.
14. Give thanks to God! He always leads us in the winners' parade because we belong to Christ. Through us, God spreads the knowledge of Christ everywhere like perfume.
15. God considers us to be the sweet smell that Christ is spreading among people who are being saved and people who are dying.
16. To the one, we are the smell of death. To the other, we are the perfume of life. Who is able to do that work?