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Avoiding this (stellomenoi touto). Present middle participle of stellō, old verb, to set, to arrange. So “arranging for ourselves this.”
That any man should blame us (mē tis hēmas mōmēsētai). Literally, “lest any one blame us” (negative purpose with mē and first aorist middle subjunctive of mōmeomai. See note on 2Co 6:3, only other N.T. example).
Bounty (hadrotēti). Old word from hadros, thick, stout, ripe, rich, great as in 1Ki 1:9; 2Ki 10:6. Only here in N.T.