For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing –

And I hope that you will realize that we have not failed the test!<n id="1" />

I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.<n id="1" />

Not that we are adequate<n id="1" /> in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy<n id="2" /> is from God,

just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours<n id="1" /> in the day of the Lord Jesus.<n id="2" />

For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit,<n id="1" /> but we are speaking in Christ before<n id="2" /> God as persons of sincerity,<n id="3" /> as persons sent from God.p>

Let such a person consider this: What we say<n id="1" /> by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.p>

And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are<n id="1" /> the temple of the living God, just as God said, &#8220;<b><i>I will live in themi>b><n id="2" /> <i><b>and will walk among themb>, <b>and I will be their Godb>, <b>and they will be my peopleb>i>.&#8221;<n id="3" />