Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. New Living Translation Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy. English Standard Version Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. Berean Standard Bible Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Berean Literal Bible We should walk properly, as in daytime; not in reveling and drinking, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in dissension and jealousy. King James Bible Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. New King James Version Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. New American Standard Bible Let’s behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and debauchery, not in strife and jealousy. NASB 1995 Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. NASB 1977 Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. Legacy Standard Bible Let us walk properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. Amplified Bible Let us conduct ourselves properly and honorably as in the [light of] day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and irresponsibility, not in quarreling and jealousy. Christian Standard Bible Let us walk with decency, as in the daytime: not in carousing and drunkenness; not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarreling and jealousy. Holman Christian Standard Bible Let us walk with decency, as in the daylight: not in carousing and drunkenness; not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarreling and jealousy. American Standard Version Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And let us walk in a right manner as those in the daytime, not in partying, not in drunkenness, not in orgies, not in envy or in fighting, Contemporary English Version So behave properly, as people do in the day. Don't go to wild parties or get drunk or be vulgar or indecent. Don't quarrel or be jealous. Douay-Rheims Bible Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and impurities, not in contention and envy: English Revised Version Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy. GOD'S WORD® Translation We should live decently, as people who live in the light of day. Wild parties, drunkenness, sexual immorality, promiscuity, rivalry, and jealousy cannot be part of our lives. Good News Translation Let us conduct ourselves properly, as people who live in the light of day--no orgies or drunkenness, no immorality or indecency, no fighting or jealousy. International Standard Version Let's behave decently, as people who live in the light of day. No wild parties, drunkenness, sexual immorality, promiscuity, quarreling, or jealousy! Literal Standard Version as in daytime, let us walk properly; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy; Majority Standard Bible Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. New American Bible let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and licentiousness, not in rivalry and jealousy. NET Bible Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy. New Revised Standard Version let us live honorably as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. New Heart English Bible Let us walk decently, as in the daytime; not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and lustful acts, and not in dissension and jealousy. Webster's Bible Translation Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. Weymouth New Testament Living as we do in broad daylight, let us conduct ourselves becomingly, not indulging in revelry and drunkenness, nor in lust and debauchery, nor in quarrelling and jealousy. World English Bible Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy. Young's Literal Translation as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Put On Christ…12The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.… Cross References Proverbs 23:20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat. Luke 21:34 But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life--and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. 1 Corinthians 3:3 for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man? 1 Corinthians 6:9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, Galatians 5:21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Ephesians 5:18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. 1 Thessalonians 4:12 Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone. Treasury of Scripture Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. us. Luke 1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Galatians 5:16,25 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh… Ephesians 4:1,17 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, … honestly. Acts 2:15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing. 2 Peter 2:13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; rioting. Proverbs 23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: Isaiah 22:12,13 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: … Isaiah 28:7,8 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment… chambering. 1 Corinthians 6:9,10 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, … Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Ephesians 5:3-5 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; … strife. Galatians 5:15,21,26 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another… Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. James 3:14-16 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth… Jump to Previous Acts Becomingly Broad Company Conduct Daylight Daytime Day-Time Debauchery Decently Dissension Drinking Drunkenness Drunkennesses Emulation Envy Envying Fighting Honestly Immorality Indulging Jealousy Lasciviousness Lustful Orgies Ourselves Promiscuity Properly Quarreling Quarrelling Reveling Revellings Revelry Right Rioting ses Sexual Strife Unclean Walk WantonnessJump to Next Acts Becomingly Broad Company Conduct Daylight Daytime Day-Time Debauchery Decently Dissension Drinking Drunkenness Drunkennesses Emulation Envy Envying Fighting Honestly Immorality Indulging Jealousy Lasciviousness Lustful Orgies Ourselves Promiscuity Properly Quarreling Quarrelling Reveling Revellings Revelry Right Rioting ses Sexual Strife Unclean Walk WantonnessRomans 13 1. Subjection, and many other duties, we owe to the authorities.8. Love is the fulfillment of the law. 11. The acts of darkness are out of season in the time of the Gospel. (13) Honestly.--Decorously, becomingly, as men do when their actions are seen. It is interesting to know that this verse, happening to catch the eye of St. Augustine, had a great effect in leading to his baptism and change of life. Verses 13, 14. - As in the day, let us walk honestly (in the sense which honeste bears in Latin of decently, becomingly, with de. serum. The word εὐσχημόνως occurs also in 1 Thessalonians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 7:35: 14:40. It denotes here a walk of life the entire opposite of ἀσχημοσύνη (ch. 1:27), and of the things done in secret of which it is a shame to speak; cf. Ephesians 5:11, 12); not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying (rather, jealousy, denoting jealous wrath, cf. Acts 13:45). But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ. The figure of a new investment being renewed from ver. 12, it is here Christ himself who is to be put on. So also Galatians 3:27. For the idea implied, cf. Ephesians 4:23, 24; Colossians 3:12; ch. 8:9, 10; 1 Corinthians 6:15, 17. "Induere autem Christum hic significat virtute Spiritus ejus undique nos muniri, qua idonei ad omnes sanctitatis partes reddamur. Sic enim instauratur in nobis imago Dei, quae unicum est animae ornamentum" (Calvin). It may be observed that in Galatians 3:27 Christians are said to have already put on Christ in their baptism; here they are exhorted still to do so. There is no real contradiction; they are but exhorted to realize in actual life the meaning of their baptism. And make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof (literally, unto lusts).
Greek Let us behaveπεριπατήσωμεν (peripatēsōmen) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 4043: From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow. decently, εὐσχημόνως (euschēmonōs) Adverb Strong's 2156: Becomingly, decorously, decently. Adverb from euschemon; decorously. as ὡς (hōs) Adverb Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. [the] daytime, ἡμέρᾳ (hēmera) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. not μὴ (mē) Adverb Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. in carousing κώμοις (kōmois) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 2970: A feasting, reveling, carousal. From keimai; a carousal. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. drunkenness, μέθαις (methais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Strong's 3178: Deep drinking, drunkenness. Apparently a primary word; an intoxicant, i.e. intoxication. not μὴ (mē) Adverb Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. in sexual immorality κοίταις (koitais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Strong's 2845: From keimai; a couch; by extension, cohabitation; by implication, the male sperm. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. debauchery, ἀσελγείαις (aselgeiais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Strong's 766: From a compound of a and a presumed selges; licentiousness. not μὴ (mē) Adverb Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. in dissension ἔριδι (eridi) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 2054: Contention, strife, wrangling. Of uncertain affinity; a quarrel, i.e. wrangling. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. jealousy. ζήλῳ (zēlō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 2205: From zeo; properly, heat, i.e. 'zeal' (figuratively, of God), or an enemy, malice). Links Romans 13:13 NIVRomans 13:13 NLT Romans 13:13 ESV Romans 13:13 NASB Romans 13:13 KJV Romans 13:13 BibleApps.com Romans 13:13 Biblia Paralela Romans 13:13 Chinese Bible Romans 13:13 French Bible Romans 13:13 Catholic Bible NT Letters: Romans 13:13 Let us walk properly as (Rom. Ro) |
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