We also do well to live distinctly from the ways of immorality prevalent within our culture and society.

But we must be careful lest this message be taken beyond its purposes in order to develop overly controlled and isolated groups of Christians. 

We still live within our #society and should still have some level of connections and associations in the world.  We just must make sure we do not participate in #unrighteousness thereby.

We also do well to live distinctly from the ways of immorality prevalent within our culture and society.

But we must be careful lest this message be taken beyond its purposes in order to develop overly controlled and isolated groups of Christians. 

We still live within our #society and should still have some level of connections and associations in the world.  We just must make sure we do not participate in #unrighteousness thereby.

"Hear this, you who trample the needy
and do away with the poor of the land"

Amos 8:4 #Bible #dishonesty #unrighteousness

A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

In a word, there is only one thing here worth the minding, and that is, to be true and just, and to show benevolence, even to the untrue and unjust.
 
[Ἓν ὧδε πολλοῦ ἄξιον, τὸ μετ᾿ ἀληθείας καὶ δικαιοσύνης εὐμενῆ τοῖς ψεύσταις καὶ ἀδίκοις διαβιοῦν.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 6, ch. 47 (6.47) (AD 161-180) [tr. Collier/Zimmern (1887)]

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