2 Corinthians 8:20 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁰ avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ [For] we are on our guard, intending that no one should find anything for which to blame us in regard to our administration of this large contribution.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ avoiding this, that any man should blame us in the matter of this bounty which is ministered by us:

Common English Bible

²⁰ We are trying to avoid being blamed by anyone for the way we take care of this large amount of money.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ So let us avoid this, lest anyone disparage us over the abundance that is ministered by us.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Avoiding this, lest any man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us.

2 Corinthians 8:20 Cross References

2 Kings 12:15

Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Romans 14:16

Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

1 Corinthians 16:3

And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.

2 Corinthians 11:12

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.

2 Corinthians 8:19

and not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:

2 Corinthians 8:21

providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

Ephesians 5:15

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from all appearance of evil.