10. Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Messiah,
11. that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
12. Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Messiah, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
13. I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.
14. Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Messiah, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
15. For we are a sweet aroma of Messiah to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
16. to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
17. For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Messiah.