This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

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

To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.

This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.