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.

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Abstain from all appearance of evil.