2 Corinthians 8:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered 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 come, whomsoever ye shall approve by [your] letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
  • 2 Cor 11:12 : 12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

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