¹⁴ So she lay at his feet until morning but got up before one person could recognize another, for he said, “It must not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

²¹ for we are setting our minds on what is right not only before the Lord but also before the people.^(A)

¹⁶ So do not let your good be slandered.

¹² Conduct yourselves honorably among the gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.^[a](A)

³² Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,^(A)

²² abstain from every form of evil.

¹⁷ Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.^(A)

A Disillusioned View of Life