taking precautionso that noonewill discreditus in our administrationof thisgenerous gift;
Moreover, they did not requirean accountingfrom the meninto whosehandthey gavethe moneyto payto those who didthe work,for they dealtfaithfully.
"Behold,I sendyou out as sheepin the midstof wolves;sobe shrewdas serpentsand innocentas doves.
Thereforedo not let what is for you a good thingbe spoken of as evil;
WhenI arrive,whomeveryou may approve,I will sendthem with lettersto carryyour giftto Jerusalem;
But whatI am doingI will continueto do,sothat I may cut offopportunityfrom thosewho desirean opportunityto be regardedjustas we are in the matter about whichthey are boasting.
and not only[this], but he has alsobeen appointedby the churchesto travelwith us in thisgracious work,which is being administeredby us for the gloryof the LordHimself,and [to show] our readiness,
for we have regardfor what is honorable,not onlyin the sightof the Lord,but alsoin the sightof men.
Thereforebe carefulhowyou walk,not as unwise menbut as wise,
abstainfrom everyformof evil.