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:

¹⁶ See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

¹⁶ Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:

³ And when I come, I will send the men of your selection with letters to take the money you have got together to Jerusalem.

¹² But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.

¹⁵ Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;

²² Keep from every form of evil.