Exemplary Honesty
H. W. Beecher. 1 Thessalonians 4:12 That you may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that you may have lack of nothing. When this church was built, the President of the Board of Trustees called together every contractor and every mechanic that had worked upon it to ask if any of them had lost money by a too close contract in its construction; and the welcome reply came to us, on the part of every single man, "We are content: we have made a reasonable profit on the work." And I think the blessing of God has rested on this Church from that day to this, in that it was honest. Nor do I know that this Church has ever committed an act, even through carelessness or forgetfulness, of dishonesty in the matter of the management of its fiscal affairs. (H. W. Beecher.) Parallel Verses KJV: That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. WEB: that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.