Community Bible Chapel

1. The Journey to Troas – 2:12a

2. Paul’s Conundrum: An Open Door but An Absent Co-worker 2:12b-13a

3. The Journey to Macedonia – 2:13b

4. Celebrating God’s Victorious Gospel – 2:14a

5. The Gospel Ministry as Incense – 2:14b-15a

6. The Gospel Is Humanity’s Dividing Line – 2:15b-16a

7. Qualifications for Gospel Ministry – 2:16b

8. Fraudsters versus Authentic Ministers – 2:17

^{v12Now when I came to the region of Troas for the gospel of Christ, and then a door of opportunity having been opened to me by the Lord,}

^{v13I found no rest in my spirit since I did not find my brother Titus; on the contrary, having told them good-bye, I traveled into Macedonia.}

^{v14Yet thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and makes known through us the aroma of knowledge about him everywhere we go.}

^{v15For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are being destroyed.}

^{v16To some we are a stench arising ⌜from⌝ death and leading to death, to others an aroma arising ⌜from⌝ life and leading to life. And who is qualified for this role?!}

^{v17For we are not like ⌜so many⌝, hucksters who peddle the Word of God to make money; rather, we speak with integrity, indeed, as those sent by God, living before God, in Christ.}