2 Corinthians 2:12-17 - Triumphant Ministry In Christ
12 When I went to Troas to preach the good news of the Christ there, I found a good opening for the Lord's work, 13 but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
14 But thank God! he always leads me in his triumphal train, through Christ, and spreads the perfume of knowledge of him everywhere through me as his censer-bearer. 15 Yes, I am the fragrance of Christ to God, diffused among those who are being saved, and those who are perishing alike; 16 to the one, a deathly, deadly odor, to the other a vital, life-giving one. Who is qualified for this task? I am! 17 For I am no peddler of God's message, like most men, but like a man of sincerity, commissioned by God and in his presence, in union with Christ I utter his message.