Romans 13:13

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Romans 13:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,

and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

however, let us keep

living by that same standard to which we have attained.

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.

so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord,

to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

so that you would walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

so that you will

behave properly toward outsiders and

not be in any need.

Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.

the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.

I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father.

As

For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day;

pray without ceasing;

suffering wrong as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you,

Rioting

Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;

Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.

And these also reel with wine and stagger from strong drink:

The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink,

They are confused by wine, they stagger from strong drink;
They reel while having visions,
They totter when rendering judgment.

Those who recline on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their couches,
And eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,

But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My master is not coming for a long time,’

“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.

they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

“Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.

For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles,

having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries.

Chambering

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,

Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are:

immorality, impurity, sensuality,

But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;

Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to

immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.

For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;

having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;

save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.

Strife

But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.

Do nothing from

selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.

Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: “He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”?

Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all

slander,

General references

But all things must be done properly and in an orderly manner.