Let Your Reasonableness Be Known to Everyone

The word for reasonableness in the Greek is an interesting word and it can be translated in several ways. In verse five, says let your reasonableness be known to all, if you have the ESV CE, you'll see a little note at the bottom that says or gentleness. The equitable man is one who by choice and habit does what is right and yet does not stand on his rights unduly but is content to receive a smaller share even if he has the law on his side.