¹² That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

¹¹ And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

⁵ Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.

¹³ With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.

¹² Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.

⁷ And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the Evil One.

¹⁷ Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.

¹⁶ Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame.

¹⁷ Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.

¹ Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,

⁸ Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us.

⁹ Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;

¹⁰ Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.

²² Keep from every form of evil.

⁸ For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.

⁷ Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward?

⁸ I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant;

⁹ And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.

²⁰ And so that no man might be able to say anything against us in the business of this giving which has been put into our hands:

²¹ For the business has been so ordered by us as to have the approval, not only of the Lord, but of men.

¹² For it is no business of mine to be judging those who are outside; but it is yours to be judging those who are among you;

¹³ As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.