¹² Now when I came to ^(A)Troas for the ^(B)gospel of Christ and when a ^(C)door was opened for me in the Lord, ¹³ I ^(D)had no rest for my spirit, not finding ^(E)Titus my brother; but ^(F)saying goodbye to them, I went on to ^(G)Macedonia.

^14 (H)But thanks be to God, who always ^(I)leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us reveals the ^(J)fragrance of the ^(K)knowledge of Him in every place. ¹⁵ For we are a ^(L)fragrance of Christ to God among ^(M)those who are being saved and among those who are perishing: ^16 (N)to the one an ^[a]aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is ^(O)adequate for these things? ¹⁷ For we are not like the many, ^[b](P)peddling the word of God, but ^(Q)as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ ^(R)in the sight of God.

⁹ And they *sang a ^(A)new song, saying,