Our conscience bears witness, that with holiness and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but with God's undeserved kindness, we have conducted ourselves. -2 Cor. 1: 12, NW.

Weare not trying to display human worldly wisdom to blow up ourselves in people's estimation. We humbly conduct ourselves as persons who have received God's undeserved kindness, and we do not want to waste it by missing the good purpose for which it was conferred upon us. A big part of that undeserved kindness is expressed by God's putting us in the ministry, to serve out the good news to other people. If we are conscientious about the way we carryon this ministry and use it right, not to gain power over the people or to make money off them or to live off them, then we shall not only have a clear conscience ourselves but also recommend ourselves as God's ministers to the consciences of people who hunger for the truth. That is the way Paul felt about it. (2 Cor. 4 :1,2, NW) Use tact indeed but be truthful. W 11/15