13 (A)Let us walk properly as in the daytime, (B)not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, (C)not in quarreling and jealousy.

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21 envy,[a] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that (A)those who do[b] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 5:21 Some manuscripts add murder
  2. Galatians 5:21 Or make a practice of doing

18 And (A)do not get drunk with wine, for that is (B)debauchery, but (C)be filled with the Spirit,

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12 so that you may (A)walk properly before (B)outsiders and be dependent on no one.

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whoever says he (A)abides in him (B)ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

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For this is the will of God, (A)your sanctification:[a] (B)that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own (C)body[b] in holiness and (D)honor, not in (E)the passion of lust (F)like the Gentiles (G)who do not know God;

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:3 Or your holiness
  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or how to take a wife for himself; Greek how to possess his own vessel

15 (A)Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

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For the time that is past (A)suffices (B)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of (C)debauchery, and (D)they malign you; but they will give account to him who is ready (E)to judge the living and the dead.

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12 we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and (A)charged (B)you to walk in a manner worthy of God, (C)who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

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Watch Yourselves

34 “But watch yourselves (A)lest (B)your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and (C)cares of this life, and (D)that day come upon you suddenly (E)like a trap.

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23 save others by (A)snatching them out of (B)the fire; to others show mercy (C)with fear, hating even (D)the garment[a] stained by the flesh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:23 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin

18 For, (A)speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely (B)escaping from those who live in error. 19 They promise them (C)freedom, (D)but they themselves are slaves[a] of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. 20 For if, (E)after they have escaped the defilements of the world (F)through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, (G)the last state has become worse for them than the first.

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  1. 2 Peter 2:19 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

A Living Stone and a Holy People

(A)So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. (B)Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual (C)milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

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27 Only (A)let your manner of life be (B)worthy[a] of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you (C)that you are standing firm in one spirit, with (D)one mind (E)striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,

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  1. Philippians 1:27 Greek Only behave as citizens worthy

Walking in Truth and Love

(A)I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father.

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Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit (A)that he has made to dwell in us”?

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14 But if you have bitter (A)jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not (B)the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, (C)demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.

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(A)Put to death therefore (B)what is earthly in you:[a] (C)sexual immorality, impurity, (D)passion, evil desire, and covetousness, (E)which is idolatry.

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  1. Colossians 3:5 Greek therefore your members that are on the earth

10 so as (A)to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, (B)fully pleasing to him: (C)bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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Do nothing from (A)selfish ambition or (B)conceit, but in (C)humility count others more significant than yourselves.

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25 If we live by the Spirit, (A)let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 26 (B)Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

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13 suffering wrong as (A)the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure (B)to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions,[a] while (C)they feast with you. 14 They have eyes full of adultery,[b] (D)insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts (E)trained in greed. (F)Accursed children!

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:13 Some manuscripts love feasts
  2. 2 Peter 2:14 Or eyes full of an adulteress

11 Beloved, I urge you (A)as sojourners and exiles (B)to abstain from the passions of the flesh, (C)which wage war against your soul. 12 (D)Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, (E)they may see your good deeds and glorify God on (F)the day of visitation.

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Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned[a] and (A)received and heard and seen (B)in me—practice these things, and (C)the God of peace will be with you.

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  1. Philippians 4:9 Or these things—9which things you have also learned

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