Verse 16
16. Your good Your right-doing as in eating meat, or your Christian integrity in any case.
Evil spoken of Endeavour not only to be and do right, but also so to appear clear and right that others may not misinterpret you to their own soul’s damage.
It, perhaps, often needs an apostle to apply and modify these principles wisely and apply them rightly. Generally, in this world, it is about as much as a man can do to be and do right, and then let his character in the long run speak for itself. It is often right for a man to say, “It is my business to be right, it is other folks’ business rightly to interpret me.” Yet there are other cases, like the present, where it is of primary importance to secure that others may not be harmed by misunderstanding our principles of action.
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