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For to this end I also wrote, that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.
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Now whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
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lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.
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Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,
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I had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I departed for Macedonia.
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Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
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For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
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To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things?
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For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.