²⁰ We are making this arrangement lest anyone blame us about this generous gift that we are administering,

²² abstain from every form of evil.

¹⁵ Be careful, then, how you live,^[a] not as unwise people but as wise,

¹² And what I do I will also continue to do, in order to deny an opportunity to those who want an opportunity to be recognized as our equals in what they boast about.

³ And when I arrive, I will send any whom you approve with letters to take your gift to Jerusalem.

¹⁶ So do not let your good be slandered.

Coming Persecutions

¹⁶ “I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.^(A)