But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,
Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you.
Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.
by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ;
saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his saints, for the people of Israel who are near to him. Praise the Lord!
which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth,
I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you.
You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God,
And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
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