2 Corinthians 8:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

avoiding this, lest any one may blame us in this abundance that is ministered by us,

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 10:16 : 16 `Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.
  • Rom 14:16 : 16 Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of,
  • 1 Cor 16:3 : 3 and whenever I may come, whomsoever ye may approve, through letters, these I will send to carry your favour to Jerusalem;
  • 2 Cor 11:12 : 12 and what I do, I also will do, that I may cut off the occasion of those wishing an occasion, that in that which they boast they may be found according as we also;
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

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