¹³ If it turns out to be a worthy home, let your blessing stand; if it is not, take back the blessing.

⁶ If those who live there are peaceful, the blessing will stand; if they are not, the blessing will return to you.

¹⁶ To those who are perishing, we are a dreadful smell of death and doom. But to those who are being saved, we are a life-giving perfume. And who is adequate for such a task as this?