1 Therefore, brothers and sisters, let us repent at once. Let us be sober to what is good: for we are full of much folly and wickedness. Let us wipe away our former sins from ourselves, and let us not be people-pleasers. Neither let us desire only to please each other, but also those who are outside, by our righteousness, so that the Name is not blasphemed because of us. 2 For the Lord says, “Every way My Name is blasphemed among all the Gentiles;”⁠a and again, “Woe to the one by whom My Name is blasphemed.” How is it blasphemed? Because you do not do the things I desire. 3 For when the Gentiles hear from our mouths the oracles of God, they marvel at their beauty and greatness; then, when they discover that our deeds are not worthy of the words we speak, they turn at once to blasphemy, saying that it is an empty tale and a deception. 4 For when they hear from us that God says, “It is no credit to you if you love those who love you, but you gain credit if you love your enemies and those who hate you,”⁠b when they hear these things, they marvel at their extreme goodness. But when they see that we do not love them, they ridicule us, and the Name is blasphemed.