And why not say, just as some people slanderously claim we say, “Let us do what is evil so that good may come”? Their condemnation is deserved!

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires.

And David says:

Let their feasting become a snare and a trap,
a pitfall and a retribution to them.

Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent continually.

The night is nearly over, and the daylight is near, so let us discard the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Let us walk with decency, as in the daylight: not in carousing and drunkenness; not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarreling and jealousy.

Therefore, let us no longer criticize one another. Instead decide never to put a stumbling block or pitfall in your brother’s way.

Therefore, do not let your good be slandered,