¹⁴ But thanks be to God,^(A) who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma^(B) of the knowledge^(C) of him everywhere.

²¹ The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma^(A) and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground^(B) because of humans, even though^[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.^(C) And never again will I destroy^(D) all living creatures,^(E) as I have done.

¹⁸ Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma,^(A) a food offering presented to the Lord.

³ and you present to the Lord food offerings from the herd or the flock,^(A) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord^(B)—whether burnt offerings^(C) or sacrifices, for special vows or freewill offerings^(D) or festival offerings^(E)—