But what I do, I will also do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast.

Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil;

And when I come, whomever you approve through letters I will send to carry your good will to Jerusalem.

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

Abstain from every form of evil.