2 Corinthians 8:21

Paul aims to do what is honorable not only before God but also in the eyes of others. Integrity should be visible as well as real.

Cross-references · 13

• Rom 12:17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
• 1 Pet 2:12Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
• Phil 4:8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
• Titus 2:5–8to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
• Rom 14:18For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
• Matt 6:4so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
• 1 Th 5:22Abstain from every form of evil.
• 2 Cor 2:17For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
• Matt 5:16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
• 2 Cor 5:9–11So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.
• 1 Tim 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
• Matt 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
• Matt 6:1“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

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