keeping a good name

¹A good name is better than many riches. And good esteem is above silver and gold.

¹Why is it necessary for a man to seek things that are greater than himself, when he does not know what is advantageous for himself in his life, during the number of the days of his sojourn, and while time passes by like a shadow? Or who will be able to tell him what will be in the future after him under the sun?

⁷The remembrance of the just is with praises. And the name of the impious shall decay.

¹²Keep your behavior among the Gentiles to what is good, so that, when they slander you as if you were evildoers, they may, by the good works that are seen in you, glorify God on the day of visitation.

¹A good name is better than many riches. And good esteem is above silver and gold. ²The rich and poor have met one another. The Lord is the maker of them both.

¹²Testimony is being given for Demetrius by everyone, and by the truth itself. And we also offer testimony. And you know that our testimony is true.

³Let not mercy and truth abandon you: encircle them around your throat, and inscribe them on the tablets of your heart. ⁴And so shall you discover grace and good discipline, in the sight of God and men.

⁷The just who walks in his simplicity shall leave behind him blessed sons.

⁷And it is necessary for him also to have good testimony from those who are outside, so that he may not fall into disrepute and the snare of the devil.

³Therefore, brothers, search among yourselves for seven men of good testimony, filled with the Holy Spirit and with wisdom, whom we may appoint over this work.

²¹Whoever follows justice and mercy shall discover life, justice, and glory.

¹⁵So may you be without blame, simple sons of God, without reproof, in the midst of a depraved and perverse nation, among whom you shine like lights in the world,

⁴And so shall you discover grace and good discipline, in the sight of God and men.