²⁰ avoiding this: that anyone should blame us in this lavish gift which is administered by us—

²² Abstain from every form of evil.

Walk in Wisdom

^15 (A)See then that you walk ^[a]circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,

^16 (A)Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil;

¹² But what I do, I will also continue to do, ^(A)that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast.

³ And when I come, ^(A)whomever you approve by your letters I will send to bear your gift to Jerusalem.

Persecutions Are Coming^(A)

^16 (B)“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. ^(C)Therefore be wise as serpents and ^(D)harmless^[a] as doves.