Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.