¹⁵ For we are to God the pleasing aroma^(A) of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.^{(B) 16} To the one we are an aroma that brings death;^(C) to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task?^{(D) 17} Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit.^(E) On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity,^(F) as those sent from God.^(G)