13 (A)Let us walk [a]properly, as in the day, (B)not in revelry and drunkenness, (C)not in lewdness and lust, (D)not in strife and envy.

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  1. Romans 13:13 decently

13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness,(A) not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.(B)

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21 envy, [a]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that (A)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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  1. Galatians 5:21 NU omits murders

21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.(A) I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.(B)

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12 (A)that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.

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12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders(A) and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

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For this is (A)the will of God, (B)your sanctification: (C)that you should abstain from sexual immorality; (D)that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, (E)not in passion of lust, (F)like the Gentiles (G)who do not know God;

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It is God’s will(A) that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;(B) that each of you should learn to control your own body[a](C) in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust(D) like the pagans,(E) who do not know God;(F)

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or learn to live with your own wife; or learn to acquire a wife

The Importance of Watching(A)

34 “But (B)take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with [a]carousing, drunkenness, and (C)cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.

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  1. Luke 21:34 dissipation

34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life,(A) and that day will close on you suddenly(B) like a trap.

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For we have spent enough of our past [a]lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you. They will give an account to Him who is ready (A)to judge the living and the dead.

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  1. 1 Peter 4:3 NU time

For you have spent enough time in the past(A) doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.(B) They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.(C) But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.(D)

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18 And (A)do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,

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18 Do not get drunk on wine,(A) which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,(B)

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(A)He who says he abides in Him (B)ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

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Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(A)

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Deceptions of False Teachers

18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who [a]have actually escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of [b]corruption; (A)for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into [c]bondage. 20 For if, after they (B)have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are (C)again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.

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  1. 2 Peter 2:18 NU are barely escaping
  2. 2 Peter 2:19 depravity
  3. 2 Peter 2:19 slavery

18 For they mouth empty, boastful words(A) and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping(B) from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”(C) 20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing(D) our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(E) and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.(F)

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Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, (A)“The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?

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Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us[a]?(A)

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  1. James 4:5 Or that the spirit he caused to dwell in us envies intensely; or that the Spirit he caused to dwell in us longs jealously

23 but (A)others save [a]with fear, (B)pulling them out of the [b]fire, hating even (C)the garment defiled by the flesh.

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  1. Jude 1:23 NU omits with fear
  2. Jude 1:23 NU adds and on some have mercy with fear

23 save others by snatching them from the fire;(A) to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.[a](B)

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  1. Jude 1:23 The Greek manuscripts of these verses vary at several points.

Walk in Christ’s Commandments

I (A)rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father.

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It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth,(A) just as the Father commanded us.

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13 (A)and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure (B)to [a]carouse in the daytime. (C)They are spots and blemishes, [b]carousing in their own deceptions while (D)they feast with you, 14 having eyes full of [c]adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. (E)They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children.

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  1. 2 Peter 2:13 revel
  2. 2 Peter 2:13 reveling
  3. 2 Peter 2:14 Lit. an adulteress

13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.(A) They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.[a](B) 14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce(C) the unstable;(D) they are experts in greed(E)—an accursed brood!(F)

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  1. 2 Peter 2:13 Some manuscripts in their love feasts