² “Command the people of Israel and say to them, ‘My offering, ^(A)my food for my food offerings, my ^(B)pleasing aroma, you shall be careful to offer to me at its appointed time.’

¹¹ And the priest shall burn it on the altar as ^(A)a food offering to the Lord.

²¹ And when the Lord smelled ^(A)the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again ^(B)curse^[a] the ground because of man, for ^(C)the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. ^(D)Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.

¹⁸ I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, ^(A)having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, ^(B)a fragrant offering, ^(C)a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

² And ^(A)walk in love, ^(B)as Christ loved us and ^(C)gave himself up for us, a ^(D)fragrant ^(E)offering and sacrifice to God.

¹⁵ For we are the aroma of Christ to God among ^(A)those who are being saved and among ^(B)those who are perishing,

¹² But you profane it when you say that ^(A)the Lord's table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised.

^7 (A)By offering polluted food upon my altar. ^(B)But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that ^(C)the Lord's table may be despised.

⁴¹ As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when ^(A)I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered. And ^(B)I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.

^19 (A)Also my bread that I gave you—^(B)I fed you with fine flour and oil and honey—you set before them for ^(C)a pleasing aroma; and so it was, declares the Lord God.