A good reputation is better than expensive perfume; and the day you die is better than the day you are born.

If someone has done you wrong, do not repay him with a wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good.

Do not let what you regard as good get a bad name.

Live in such a way as to cause no trouble either to Jews or Gentiles or to the church of God.

Our purpose is to do what is right, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of others.

and avoid every kind of evil.

Your conduct among the heathen should be so good that when they accuse you of being evildoers, they will have to recognize your good deeds and so praise God on the Day of his coming.