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14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.
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But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.
15 For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;
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For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
16 to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?
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To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task?
17 For we are not like many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God.
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Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.
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