¹⁴ But thanks be to God,^(A) who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma^(B) of the knowledge^(C) of him everywhere.

² and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us^(A) and gave himself up for us^(B) as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.^(C)

³⁷ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors^(A) through him who loved us.^(B)

¹⁵ For we are to God the pleasing aroma^(A) of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.^{(B) 16} To the one we are an aroma that brings death;^(C) to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task?^(D)

¹⁷ But thanks be to God^(A) that, though you used to be slaves to sin,^(B) you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching^(C) that has now claimed your allegiance.

¹⁵ Thanks be to God^(A) for his indescribable gift!^(B)

¹⁵ And having disarmed the powers and authorities,^(A) he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them^(B) by the cross.^[a]

¹⁹ by the power of signs and wonders,^(A) through the power of the Spirit of God.^(B) So from Jerusalem^(C) all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.^(D)