“Wherever you go, preach the gospel, and if necessary, use words.”

What They Don't Always Teach You at a Christian College (1995) by Keith Anderson, p. 185.
Disputed, Preach the gospel, and if necessary, use words.
Variant: Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!

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Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order 1182–1226

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