^{15 Ref} For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish;

^{16 Ref} to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

^{17 Ref} For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.