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I. DEMANDS the exercise of the most intelligent and sensitive charity.

II. COMMANDS a wide field of effort, viz., the bad, the good, the better, the best — in character, life, doctrine, practice, enjoyment, attainment.

III. IMPLIES the admission and use of a noble liberty of thought, judgment, and action.

IV. INVOLVES a weighty and far-reaching responsibility.

V. Is ESSENTIAL to a pure and blameless life.

(G. G. Ballard.)

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KJV: That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

WEB: so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ;