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 before God. They blamelessly obeyed all the commandments and ordinances of God (Greek: kurios: God).

I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, invite you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called.

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us. He was an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling odor.

Let your manner of life be worthy of the good news about Christ. Whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your conduct, that you stand fast in one spirit (common purpose) (mental disposition) (vital principle), with one mind striving together for the faith of the good news.

However, we should be guided by what we have learned so far.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

Walk worthily of God, fully pleasing him. Bear fruit in every good work, and increase in the knowledge (Greek: epignosis: full discernment, recognition) of God.

You should walk worthily of God, who called you into his own kingdom and glory.

That way you may walk honestly in the eyes of those on the outside and lack nothing.

Maintain fine behavior among the nations. That way when they speak badly about you, they may see your good works and glorify God in the day of visitation (inspection).

He that says he lives in union with him should walk as he walked.

I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.

As

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

Pray without ceasing.

They suffer wrong as their reward for wrongdoing. They are men that count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you.

Rioting

Do not associate with drunkards or gluttons.

In that day Jehovah God of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth.

These also stagger from wine and reel from beer. Priests and prophets stagger from beer and are befuddled with wine. They reel from beer. They stagger when seeing visions. They stumble when rendering decisions.

You lie on beds of ivory, and stretch on couches. You eat the the best lambs out of the flock and the fattest calves out of the stall.

But if that evil servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays,

A rich man dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day.

They ate, they drank and they got married until Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came, and destroyed them all.

Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes.

nor thieves, nor covetous (greedy), nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists, will inherit the kingdom of God.

envies, drunkenness, revelries, and things like these. I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that those who practice such things would not inherit the kingdom of God.

Do not get drunk with wine, for that is a public act of violence, but be filled with the Spirit.

Beloved, I request that you as aliens and strangers abstain from fleshly lust (desires), which causes conflict in you.

You have spent enough time in the past doing what unbelievers like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and the disgusting worship of idols (false gods).

Chambering

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither fornicators, nor people who worship idols, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

Now the works of the flesh (sinful human nature) are apparent. They are: fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct,

Fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among holy ones.

Make your members that are upon the earth dead with regard to fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (greed), which is idolatry.

This is the will of God, for your sanctification (holiness) (purification), that you should abstain from fornication.

They have eyes full of adultery that cannot cease from sin! They entice unsteady persons. Their hearts are full of covetousness. They are children of cursing.

Save some, snatch them out of the fire. Have mercy on some with alarm. Hate even the garment defiled (polluted) by the flesh.

Strife

But if you continue to bite and devour one another, take care that you do not consume one another.

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others more important than you.

If you have bitter jealousy (envy) and greedy ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and lie against the truth.

Or do you think the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the attitude of the heart (mental disposition) that he induced to live in us cause us to envy?

Put away all badness and all deception, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil talk.

General references

Let all things be done decently and in order.