2 Corinthians 8:20

American Standard Version (1901)

Avoiding this, that any man should blame us in [the matter of] this bounty which is ministered by us:

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
  • Rom 14:16 : 16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
  • 1 Cor 16:3 : 3 And when I arrive, whomsoever ye shall approve, them will I send with letters to carry your bounty unto Jerusalem:
  • 2 Cor 11:12 : 12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 abstain from every form of evil.

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