^{15 Ref} because of Christ a sweet fragrance we are to God, in those being saved, and in those being lost;

^{16 Ref} to the one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and for these things who is sufficient?

^{17 Ref} for we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity -- but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak.