2 Corinthians 8:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

2 Corinthians 8:21

Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

For

1 Peter 2:12

Not

General references

Romans 14:16

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Bible References

For

Do not pay anyone back with evil for evil. See that you are above reproach in the eyes of everyone.

Now, brothers, let your minds dwell on what is true, what is worthy, what is right, what is pure, what is amiable, what is kindly??n everything that is excellent or praiseworthy.

So I would have young women marry and have children and keep house and avoid giving our opponents any excuse for abusing us.

and to be sensible, pure-minded, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so as not to bring reproach on God's message.

Live upright lives among the heathen, so that even if they charge you with being evil-doers, they may from observing the uprightness of your conduct come to praise God on the Day of Judgment.

Not

For I am no peddler of God's message, like most men, but like a man of sincerity, commissioned by God and in his presence, in union with Christ I utter his message.

So whether I am at home or away from it, it is my ambition to please him.

Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven.

"But take care not to do your good deeds in public for people to see, for, if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven.

They do everything they do to have men see it. They wear wide Scripture texts as charms, and they wear large tassels,

and avoiding every kind of evil.

General references

The thing you have a right to do must not become a cause of reproach.

and avoiding every kind of evil.