11. I have done this to keep Satan from getting the better of us. We all know what goes on in his mind.
12. When I went to Troas to preach the good news about Christ, I found that the Lord had already prepared the way.
13. But I was worried when I didn't find my friend Titus there. So I left the other followers and went on to Macedonia.
14. I am grateful that God always makes it possible for Christ to lead us to victory. God also helps us spread the knowledge about Christ everywhere, and this knowledge is like the smell of perfume.
15-16. In fact, God thinks of us as a perfume that brings Christ to everyone. For people who are being saved, this perfume has a sweet smell and leads them to a better life. But for people who are lost, it has a bad smell and leads them to a horrible death.No one really has what it takes to do this work.
17. A lot of people try to get rich from preaching God's message. But we are God's sincere messengers, and by the power of Christ we speak our message with God as our witness.