Avoiding this, lest any man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us.
From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves.
See therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectly: not as unwise,
But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off the occasion from them that desire occasion, that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
And when I shall be with you, whomsoever you shall approve by letters, them will I send to carry your grace to Jerusalem.
Let not then our good be evil spoken of.
Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.
And they reckoned not with the men that received the money to distribute it to the workmen: but they bestowed it faithfully.
And not that only, but he was also ordained by the churches companion of our travels, for this grace, which is administered by us, to the glory of the Lord, and our determined will:
For we forecast what may be good not only before God, but also before men.