2 Corinthians 2:15-17

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁵ For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; ¹⁶ to the one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? ¹⁷ For we are not peddlers of God’s word like so many;^[a] but in Christ we speak as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God and standing in his presence.