Reference: Conversation
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In the Bible, usually means the whole tenor of one's life, intercourse with his fellow men, Ga 1:13; Eph 4:22; 1Pe 1:15. Another word is employed in Php 3:20, which means, "our citizenship is in heaven." For conversation in modern sense of discourse, the English version generally has communication, 2Ki 9:11; Mt 5:37; Eph 4:29.
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When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, they said to him, "Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?" And he said to them, "You know the fellow and his talk."
Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything more than this comes from evil.
For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.
to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Easton
(1) generally the goings out and in of social intercourse (Eph 2:3; 4:22; R.V., "manner of life"); one's deportment or course of life. This word is never used in Scripture in the sense of verbal communication from one to another (Ps 50:23; Heb 13:5). In Php 1:27; 3:20, a different Greek word is used. It there means one's relations to a community as a citizen, i.e., citizenship.
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The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!"
among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
Hastings
In English Version the word is always used in the archaic sense of 'behaviour,' 'conduct.' In the OT, AV gives it twice (Ps 37:14; 50:23), representing Heb. derek = 'way' (cf. RV and Revised Version margin). In the NT it is used in AV to render three sets of words. (1) The noun anastroph
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The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is upright;
The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!"
For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.
among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
Morish
This word is not used in scripture in the sense of familiar discourse. It occurs in the O.T. in Ps 37:14; 50:23, and refers to the walk; it reads in the margin 'the upright of way,' 'that disposeth his way.' In the N.T. the word ????????? has a similar sense of 'walk, conduct, behaviour,' Ga 1:13; Eph 4:22; 1Ti 4:12; and in all other passages except Php 1:27; and Php 3:20 (where it is ?????????, 'citizenship' which for the Christian is in heaven, separating him from citizenship on earth and its politics); and Heb.13:5, ??????, 'general manner of life.'
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The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is upright;
The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!"
For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.
to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,