avoiding this, that any man should blame us in the matter of this bounty which is ministered by us:
abstain from every form of evil.
Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
And when I arrive, whomsoever ye shall approve, them will I send with letters to carry your bounty unto Jerusalem:
Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give to them that did the work; for they dealt faithfully.
and not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in the matter of this grace, which is ministered by us to the glory of the Lord, and to show our readiness:
for we take thought for things honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.