Romans 13:13
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13 let us walk decently as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in illicit sex and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.(A)
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Galatians 5:21
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21 envy,[a] drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.(A)
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- 5.21 Other ancient authorities add murder
1 Thessalonians 4:12
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12 so that you may behave properly toward outsiders and be dependent on no one.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
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3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;(A) 4 that each one of you know how to control your own body[a] in holiness and honor, 5 not with lustful passion, like the gentiles who do not know God;
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- 4.4 Or control your own vessel or take a wife for yourself
Luke 21:34
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Exhortation to Watch
34 “Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life and that day does not catch you unexpectedly,(A)
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1 Peter 4:3-5
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3 You have already spent enough time in doing what the gentiles like to do, living in debauchery, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless idolatry.(A) 4 They are surprised that you no longer join them in the same excesses of dissipation, and so they blaspheme.[a](B) 5 But they will have to give an accounting to him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.(C)
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- 4.4 Or they malign you
Ephesians 5:18
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18 Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,(A)
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1 John 2:6
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6 whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk in the same way as he walked.(A)
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2 Peter 2:18-20
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18 For they speak bombastic nonsense, and with debased[a] desires of the flesh they entice people who have just[b] escaped from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, for people are slaves to whatever masters them.(A) 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the[c] Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first.(B)
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James 4:5
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5 Or do you suppose that the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the spirit that God caused to dwell[a] in us desire envy?(A)
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- 4.5 Other ancient authorities read the spirit that dwells
Jude 23
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23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; and have mercy on still others with fear, hating even the tunic defiled by their bodies.[a](A)
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- 23 Gk by the flesh
2 John 4
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Truth and Love
4 I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
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2 Peter 2:13-14
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13 suffering[a] the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures[b] while they feast with you.(A) 14 They have eyes full of adultery,[c] insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!
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1 Peter 2:11-12
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Live as Servants of God
11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.[a](A) 12 Conduct yourselves honorably among the gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.[b](B)
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1 Peter 2:1-2
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The Living Stone and a Chosen People
2 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander.(A) 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation(B)—
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James 3:14-16
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14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant and lie about the truth. 15 This is not wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.(A) 16 For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.(B)
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1 Thessalonians 5:17
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17 pray without ceasing,
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1 Thessalonians 2:12
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12 urging and encouraging you and pleading that you lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.(A)
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Colossians 3:5
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5 Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).(A)
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Colossians 1:10
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10 so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.(A)
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Philippians 4:8-9
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8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about[a] these things. 9 As for the things that you have learned and received and heard and noticed in me, do them, and the God of peace will be with you.(A)
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- 4.8 Gk take account of
Philippians 3:16-20
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16 Only let us hold fast to what we have attained.(A)
17 Brothers and sisters, join in imitating me, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us.(B) 18 For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now I tell you even with tears.(C) 19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things.(D) 20 But our citizenship[a] is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
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- 3.20 Or commonwealth
Philippians 2:3
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3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.(A)
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Philippians 1:27
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27 Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel
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Ephesians 5:15
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15 Be careful, then, how you live,[a] not as unwise people but as wise,
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- 5.15 Gk walk
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