avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
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.
And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality 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 be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
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:
providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.