^14 (A)But thanks be to God, who always ^(B)leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the ^(C)sweet aroma of the ^(D)knowledge of Him in every place. ¹⁵ For we are a ^(E)fragrance of Christ to God among ^(F)those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; ^16 (G)to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is ^(H)adequate for these things? ¹⁷ For we are not like many, ^[a](I)peddling the word of God, but ^(J)as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ ^(K)in the sight of God.

⁵ Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but ^(A)our adequacy is from God,