9And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.
10But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;
11So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs.
12Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,
13I had no rest in my spirit because Titus my brother was not there: so I went away from them, and came into Macedonia.
14But praise be to God who makes us strong to overcome in Christ, and makes clear through us in every place the value of the knowledge of him.
15For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;