2 ¹² Then when I came to Troas, where I was to preach the gospel of Christ, and where an opening awaited me for the Lord's work, 2 ¹³ I still found no relief of mind, for my colleague Titus was not there to meet me; so I took leave of the people there and went off to Macedonia.

2 ¹⁴ But thanks be to God, who continually leads us about, captives in Christ's triumphal procession, and everywhere uses us to reveal and spread abroad the fragrance of the knowledge of himself! 2 ¹⁵ We are indeed the incense offered by Christ to God, both for those who are on the way to salvation, and for those who are on the way to perdition: 2 ¹⁶ to the latter it is a deadly fume that kills, to the former a vital fragrance that brings life. Who is equal to such a calling? 2 ¹⁷ At least we do not go hawking the word of God about, as so many do; when we declare the word we do it in sincerity, as from God and in God's sight, as members of Christ.