Romans 13:13

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Romans 13:13

Let us live becomingly for people who are in the light of day, not in carousing and drunkenness, nor in sexual immorality and licentiousness, nor in quarreling and jealousy.

Galatians 5:21

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I now warn you, as I have done before, that those who practice such things shall not be heirs of the kingdom of God.

Luke 21:34

But ever be on your guard, so that your hearts may not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries, and that day, like a trap, catch you unawares.

Ephesians 5:18

Stop getting drunk on wine, for that means profligacy, but ever be filled with the Spirit,

1 Thessalonians 4:12

so that you may live influentially with the outsiders, and not be dependent on anybody.

Matthew 24:48-51

But if the slave is bad and says to himself, 'My master is going to be gone a long time,'

Luke 1:6

Now they were both upright in the sight of God, walking without reproach in all the Lord's commands and requirements.

Luke 16:19

"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in dazzling luxury every day.

Luke 17:27-28

People continued to eat, drink, marry, and be married, right up to the day when Noah went into the ark, and the Flood came and destroyed them all.

Acts 2:15

These men are not drunk as you suppose, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning.

Do you not know that wrongdoers will not have a share in the kingdom of God? Stop being misled; people who are sexually immoral or idolaters or adulterers or sensual or guilty of unnatural sexual vice

Galatians 5:15-16

But if you continue to bite and eat one another, beware lest you are destroyed by one another.

Galatians 5:19

Now the practices of the lower nature are clear enough: Sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

Galatians 5:25-26

If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk where the Spirit leads.

Ephesians 4:1

So I, a prisoner for the Lord's sake, entreat you to live lives worthy of the call you have received,

Ephesians 4:17

So I mean this and now testify to it in the name of the Lord: You must now stop living as the heathen usually do, in the frivolity of their minds,

Ephesians 5:2-5

and practice living in love, just as Christ loved you too and gave Himself for you as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:8

For at one time you were darkness itself, but now in union with the Lord you are light itself. You must live like children of light,

Ephesians 5:15

So you must be very careful how you live, not thoughtlessly but thoughtfully,

Philippians 1:27

Only you must practice living lives that are worthy of the good news, so that whether I come and see you or stay away, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, and that with one purpose you are continuing to cooperate in the fight for faith in the good news.

Philippians 2:3

Stop acting from motives of selfish strife or petty ambition, but in humility practice treating one another as your superiors.

Philippians 3:16-20

However, we must continue to live up to that degree of success that we have already reached.

Philippians 4:8-9

Now, brothers, practice thinking on what is true, what is honorable, what is right, what is pure, what is lovable, what is high-toned, yes, on everything that is excellent or praiseworthy.

Colossians 1:10

so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord to His full satisfaction, by perennially bearing fruit in every good enterprise and by a steady growth in fuller knowledge of God;

Colossians 3:5

So once for all put to death your lower, earthly nature with respect to sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is real idolatry.

1 Thessalonians 2:12

to live lives worthy of God who calls you into His kingdom and His glory.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5

For it is God's will that you should keep pure in person, that you should practice abstinence from sexual immorality,

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Never stop praying.

James 3:14-16

But if you cherish bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop being proud of it and stop being false to the standard of truth.

James 4:5

Or, do you think that the Scripture means nothing when it says, "He jealously yearns for the Spirit that He causes to dwell in your hearts"?

1 Peter 2:1-2

So once for all get rid of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all sorts of slander,

1 Peter 2:11-12

Dearly beloved, I beg you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the evil desires of your lower nature, because they are always at war with the soul.

1 Peter 4:3-5

For the time that is past is enough for you to have accomplished what the heathen like to do, leading lives that are steeped in sensuality, lustful desires, drunkenness, carousing, revelry, dissipation, and idolatry that leads to lawlessness,

2 Peter 2:13-14

They think their daily luxurious living real pleasure; they are spots and blots, deceitfully living in luxurious pleasure while they continue their religious feasting with you.

2 Peter 2:18-20

For by uttering arrogant nonsense, through base desires of the lower nature, they entice into immorality men who are just escaping from those who live in error,

1 John 2:6

Whoever claims, "I am always in union with Him," ought to live as He lived.

2 John 1:4

I am happy to find that some of your children are living by the truth, just as we had been commanded from the Father to do.

Jude 1:23

and save, snatching them out of the fire; and others you must pity with dread, loathing even the clothes that are soiled by their lower nature.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Romans 13:13

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

Us

As

Acts 2:15

1 Thessalonians 5:17

2 Peter 2:13

Rioting

Chambering

Jude 1:23

Strife

1 Peter 2:1

General references

1 Corinthians 14:40

Bible References

Us

Now they were both upright in the sight of God, walking without reproach in all the Lord's commands and requirements.

I mean this: Practice living by the Spirit and then by no means will you gratify the cravings of your lower nature.

So I, a prisoner for the Lord's sake, entreat you to live lives worthy of the call you have received,

and practice living in love, just as Christ loved you too and gave Himself for you as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

However, we must continue to live up to that degree of success that we have already reached.

Now, brothers, practice thinking on what is true, what is honorable, what is right, what is pure, what is lovable, what is high-toned, yes, on everything that is excellent or praiseworthy.

so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord to His full satisfaction, by perennially bearing fruit in every good enterprise and by a steady growth in fuller knowledge of God;

to live lives worthy of God who calls you into His kingdom and His glory.

so that you may live influentially with the outsiders, and not be dependent on anybody.

Keep on living upright lives among the heathen, so that, when they slander you as evildoers, by what they see of your good deeds they may come to praise God on the judgment day.

Whoever claims, "I am always in union with Him," ought to live as He lived.

I am happy to find that some of your children are living by the truth, just as we had been commanded from the Father to do.

As

These men are not drunk as you suppose, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning.

Never stop praying.

They think their daily luxurious living real pleasure; they are spots and blots, deceitfully living in luxurious pleasure while they continue their religious feasting with you.

Rioting

But if the slave is bad and says to himself, 'My master is going to be gone a long time,'

"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in dazzling luxury every day.

People continued to eat, drink, marry, and be married, right up to the day when Noah went into the ark, and the Flood came and destroyed them all.

But ever be on your guard, so that your hearts may not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries, and that day, like a trap, catch you unawares.

or thieves or greedy graspers for more or drunkards or slanderers or swindlers will not have a share in the kingdom of God.

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I now warn you, as I have done before, that those who practice such things shall not be heirs of the kingdom of God.

Stop getting drunk on wine, for that means profligacy, but ever be filled with the Spirit,

Dearly beloved, I beg you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the evil desires of your lower nature, because they are always at war with the soul.

Chambering

Now the practices of the lower nature are clear enough: Sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

But sexual vice and any form of immorality or sensual greed must not so much as be mentioned among you, as that is the only course becoming in God's people;

So once for all put to death your lower, earthly nature with respect to sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is real idolatry.

For it is God's will that you should keep pure in person, that you should practice abstinence from sexual immorality,

They have eyes full of adultery and insatiable by sin. They practice enticing unsteady souls. They have trained their hearts in greed. They are doomed to a curse!

and save, snatching them out of the fire; and others you must pity with dread, loathing even the clothes that are soiled by their lower nature.

Strife

But if you continue to bite and eat one another, beware lest you are destroyed by one another.

Stop acting from motives of selfish strife or petty ambition, but in humility practice treating one another as your superiors.

But if you cherish bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop being proud of it and stop being false to the standard of truth.

Or, do you think that the Scripture means nothing when it says, "He jealously yearns for the Spirit that He causes to dwell in your hearts"?

So once for all get rid of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all sorts of slander,

General references

Everything must always be done in a proper and orderly way.