Triumph in Christ

12 Now when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord. 13 But I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus. So I took leave of the people there and went on to Macedonia.

14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Christ everywhere. 15 For we are a sweet fragrance of Christ ascending to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; 16 to the latter we are a smell of death leading to death, but to the former we are a fragrance of life leading to life. And who is equal to such a task? 17 For we are not like [fn]others who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak with sincerity in the presence of God, as men sent from God.