2 Corinthians 8:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

We don't want anyone to find fault with the way we handle your generous gift.

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The men in charge were honest, so no one had to keep track of the money.

I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves. So be as wise as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Don't let your right to eat bring shame to Christ.

Choose some followers to take the money to Jerusalem. I will send them on with the money and with letters which show that you approve of them.

I plan to go on doing just what I have always done. Then those people won't be able to boast about doing the same things we are doing.

The churches chose this follower to travel with us while we carry this gift that will bring praise to the Lord and show how much we hope to help.

But we want to do what pleases the Lord and what people think is right.

Act like people with good sense and not like fools.

and don't have anything to do with evil.