Romans 13:13

Worsley

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

And they were both righteous in the sight of God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye will not fulfil the desire of the flesh:

I therefore, a prisoner for the sake of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all humility and meekness;

even as Christ hath loved us, and given Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet perfume.

Only behave worthy of the gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you, or be absent, I may hear of you, that ye stand firm in one Spirit, striving together as with one soul for the saith of the gospel;

But in what we have attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

Finally my brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are venerable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are friendly, whatever things are reputable, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think of these things:

that ye may walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

and charged you, that ye should walk worthy of God, who hath called you to his kingdom and glory.

as we gave you in charge, that ye may walk decently toward those that are without, and may have need of no one's assistance.

having a good conversation among the Gentiles; that whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may glorify God in the day of their visitation, on account of the good works which they behold in you.

He that saith, he abideth in Him, ought himself also so to walk even as He walked.

I rejoiced greatly that I found among thy children such as walked in truth, as we received commandment from the Father.

As

for these men are not drunk, as ye suppose; for it is but the third hour of the day.

Pray continually.

who account it a pleasure to riot even in the day; spots and disgraces; revelling in their frauds, while they partake of your feasts:

Rioting

But if that servant be wicked and say in his heart, my master delayeth his coming,

Now there was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, living voluptuously and splendidly every day.

They were eating, drinking, marrying, and being married, till the day that Noah went into the ark: and the flood came and destroyed them all.

Take heed to yourselves, least at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the cares of life, and so that day should come upon you unawares:

nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor rapacious persons, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and the like: of which I forewarn you, as I have also told you before, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

And be not drunk with wine, in which there is riotous excess; but be filled with the Spirit:

Dearly beloved, I exhort you as strangers and sojourners here, to abstain from carnal lusts, which war against the soul:

For the time past of our life is sufficient for us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, walking in lasciviousness, inordinate desires, excess of wine, revellings, drunkenness, and abominable idolatries:

Chambering

What! know ye not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor sodomites,

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, such as, adultery, fornication, uncleanness,

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or inordinate desire, let it not be even named among you; for so it becometh saints:

Mortify therefore your members that are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, disorderly passion, evil concupiscence, and insatiable desire, which is indeed idolatry:

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification: that ye should abstain from fornication,

having eyes full of adultery, and which cannot be restrained from sin: ensnaring unstable souls, and having a heart practised in rapine; cursed people:

as snatching them out of the fire: hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

Strife

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not destroyed by one another.

Do nothing through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind each esteeming others better than themselves.

but if ye have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth;

Do ye think the scripture speaks in vain? or does the Spirit that dwelleth in us, excite to envy?

Therefore laying aside all malice, and all deceit, and hypocrisies,

General references

but let all things be done decently and in order.