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2 Corinthians 8:21

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

For we are trying to make arrangements which shall be right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.

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All their actions are done to attract attention. They widen their phylacteries, and increase the size of their tassels,

Let your light so shine before the eyes of your fellow men, that, seeing your good actions, they may praise your Father who is in Heaven.

Take care not to perform your religious duties in public in order to be seen by others; if you do, your Father who is in Heaven has no reward for you.

So that your charity may be secret; and your Father, who sees what is in secret, will recompense you.

Never return injury for injury. Aim at doing what all men will recognize as honorable.

He who serves the Christ in this way pleases God, and wins the approval of his fellow men.

Unlike many people, we are not in the habit of making profit out of God's Message; but in all sincerity, and bearing God's commission, we speak before him in union with Christ.

What we are specially guarding against is that any fault should be found with us in regard to our administration of this charitable fund;

We are also sending with them another of our Brothers, whose earnestness we have many a time proved in many ways, and whom we now find made even more earnest by his great confidence in you.

In conclusion, Brothers, wherever you find anything true or honorable, righteous or pure, lovable or praiseworthy, or if 'virtue' and 'honour' have any meaning, there let your thoughts dwell.

He should also be well spoken of by outsiders, that he may not incur censure and so fall into the snares of the Devil.

Therefore I advise young widows to marry, bear children, and attend to their homes, and so avoid giving the enemy an opportunity for scandal.

Let your daily life among the Gentiles be so upright, that, whenever they malign you as evil-doers, they may learn, as they watch, from the uprightness of your conduct, to praise God 'at the time when he shall visit them.'




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