and believe yourself to be a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness,

By no means; but let God be true, and every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy sayings and overcome when thou art judged.

And as we are falsely accused and as some declare that we say, [do we say] Let us do evil that good may come? Whose judgment is just.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to obey its desires,

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God they are sons of God.

And David says, Let their table become a trap and a snare and an offense and a stumbling block to them;

let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and bow down their back always.

but having different gifts according to the grace given us, if prophecy [let us prophesy] according to the analogy of the faith,

if a service [let us labor] in the service, if one teaches, in teaching,

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil, adhere to that which is good,

Let every soul be subject to the superior powers. For there is no power except from God, and the [powers] which exist have been ordained by God.

The night is far advanced, and the day is at hand; let us lay aside therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelries and drinking, not in lewdness and excesses, not in strife and envy;

Let not him that eats despise him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats; for God has accepted him.

One judges one day to be better than another, but another judges every day [to be alike]. Let each one be fully persuaded in his mind.

Let us not therefore judge one another, but judge this rather, not to place a stumbling-block or an offense before a brother.

Let not your good therefore be injuriously spoken of.

Let us therefore pursue the things of peace and those which edify one another.

Let us each please our neighbor in that which is good for edification;

And again, Praise the Lord, all nations, and let all peoples praise him.