Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Romans 13:13
ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κ.τ.λ. The conduct (περιπ.) must befit the day and its occupations.
ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κ.τ.λ. The conduct (περιπ.) must befit the day and its occupations.
Verse Romans 13:13. _LET US WALK HONESTLY, AS IN THE DAY_] _Let us walk_, ευσχημονες, _decently_, from εν, _well_, and σχημα, _mien,_ _habit_, or _dress_. Let our deportment be decent, orderly, and gr...
LET US WALK - To “walk” is an expression denoting “to live;” let us “live,” or “conduct,” etc. HONESTLY - The word used here means rather in a “decent’ or “becoming” manner; in a manner “appropriate”...
CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Obedience to Authorities. (Romans 13:1 .)_ 2. Love the Fulfilling of the Law. (Romans 13:8 .) 3. The Day is at Hand. (Romans 13:11 .)...
WATCHING FOR THE DAY. Romans 13:11_ a_. And this (do) the punctual payment of love's debts as men aware of the crisis.. It is the hour of waking: the night has far advanced, etc. Between these sentenc...
THE CHRISTIAN AND THE STATE (Romans 13:1-7)...
Further, there is this--realize what time it is, that it is now high time to be awakened from sleep; for now your salvation is nearer than when you believed. The night is far gone; the day is near. So...
HONESTLY. decently. Greek. _euschemonos._ Only here, 1 Corinthians 14:40; 1 Thessalonians 4:12. RIOTING. revelling. Greek. _komos._ Only here, Galatians 1:5;...
_honestly_ Margin, DECENTLY, i.e. BECOMINGLY; with the true _decorum_of a life of obedience to the will of God. _as in the day_ Here again the metaphor slightly varies its point. The Gr. is, nearly li...
ΕΎΣΧΗΜΌΝΩΣ (G2156) _adv._ достойно, чинно, ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΉΣΩΜΕΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΈΩ (G4043) ходить, вести образ жизни. ΚΏΜΟΙΣ _dat. pl. от_ ΚΏΜΟΣ (G2970) кутеж, пирушка. Имеются в виду разгульны...
LET US WALK HONESTLY— 'Ευσχημονως, _honourably,_ or _gracefully._ Dr. Milner renders the passage, _Let us walk with a grace._ The word for _chambering_ is κοιταις, which Leigh explains of _lying long...
_TEXT_ Romans 13:11-14. And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed. Romans 13:12 The night is fa...
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. LET US WALK HONESTLY, [ euscheemonoos (G2156)] - 'becomingly,' 'de...
__ The Conduct of the Saints 14 The conduct of the saints in any given economy is based on God's dispensation. If He dispenses law, He requires conduct in accord with law. Mercy calls for a higher s...
WALK] i.e. along the path of daily life. HONESTLY] or, 'becomingly.' ENVYING] RV 'jealousy.'...
PARAPHRASE. '(1) Obey civil rulers, for they are divinely ordained, (2) and therefore God will punish disobedience. (3, 4) They do God's work, rewarding the good and punishing the evil. (5) Therefore...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 13 A CHRISTIAN’S DUTY TO THE STATE 13:1-7 V1 Everyone ought to obey their rulers. No government has authority unless G...
(11-14) The Apostle now gives a reason for enforcing this and other duties upon his readers. The end of the world itself is near. St. Paul, like the other Apostles (comp. 1 Peter 4:7; Revelation 22:20...
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 h...
CHAPTER 28 CHRISTIAN DUTY IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD'S RETURN AND IN THE POWER OF HIS PRESENCE Romans 13:11 THE great teacher has led us long upon the path of duty, in its patient details, all summed...
In the closing verses of the chapter Paul enforces this exhortation to mutual love as the fulfilling of the law by reference to the approaching Parousia. We must all appear (and who can tell how soon?...
ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ : as one walks in the day, so let us walk εὐσχημόνως. The same adverb is found with the same verb in 1 Thessalonians 4:2 : A.V. in both places “honestly”. The meaning is rather “in seemly...
LOVE FULFILLS THE LAW Romans 13:8 The one debt which can never be discharged is love. Because we can never be out of debt to God, we are called upon to show unending love to man. So long as we love...
The apostle now showed what attitude the believer will take toward the world. The first thing dealt with is submission to authority. These powers are of God. The believer's submission to the will of G...
_ Let us walk honestly as in the day. As men are accustomed to do in the light, without being afraid that their works come to light. --- Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering, [3] not in b...
TWENTY-SEVENTH PASSAGE (13:11-14). THE EXPECTATION OF CHRIST'S COMING AGAIN A MOTIVE TO CHRISTIAN SANCTIFICATION. This passage is the counterpart of that with which the apostle had begun his moral tea...
“ _Let us walk becomingly, as in the day, not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and passion; but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and be not preoccupied wit...
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. (12) The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cas...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
_THE CHRISTIAN LIFE_ ‘Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.’ Romans 13:12 That is the strength of the Apostle’s image— I. CAST AWAY THE WORKS OF D...
13._Not in reveling, etc. _He mentions here three kinds of vices, and to each he has given two names, — intemperant and excess in living, — carnal lust and uncleanness, which is connected with it, — a...
Among themselves Christians are exhorted not to seek the high things of this world, but to walk as brethren with those of low degree: a precept too much forgotten in the assembly of God to her loss. I...
LET US WALK HONESTLY AS IN THE DAY,.... Being under the day of the Gospel dispensation, and the day of grace having dawned, and the daystar of spiritual light and knowledge being risen in our hearts,...
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. Ver. 13. _Let us walk honestly_] Handsomely, fashionably, mannerly, w...
_Let us walk honestly_ Greek, ευσχημονως, _decently_, or in a manner becoming those to whom the glorious light of the gospel has appeared: _as in the day_ Namely, of gospel light, already shining abou...
WALK HONESTLY; live in a manner becoming disciples of Christ hastening to eternity, and preparing for heaven. See note to chap Romans 12:17. RIOTING AND DRUNKENNESS; intemperance. CHAMBERING AND WAN...
LET US WALK HONESTLY, AS IN THE DAY; NOT IN RIOTING AND DRUNKENNESS, NOT IN CHAMBERING AND WANTONNESS, NOT IN STRIFE AND ENVYING;...
The Christian's walk in light:...
SUBJECTION TO PROPER AUTHORITY This chapter is as clear as can be in its teaching: nothing but a spirit of rebellion could find difficulty with it - except possibly in the matter of how far this subje...
HOW SHOULD WE BEHAVE? WHAT SHOULD WE DO? 1. Walk honestly. We need to lern to be honest, people of our word, "Word is his bond." 2. Not rioting. Wild dancing parties. "Revelling" 3. Not drunkenness...
HONESTLY: Or, decently...
LET US WALK BECOMINGLY, AS IN THE DAY; NOT IN REVELLING AND DRUNKENNESS, NOT IN CHAMBERING AND WANTONNESS, NOT IN STRIFE AND JEALOUSY. 'walk becomingly' -'behave properly' (NASV). While Christians a...
11-14 Four things are here taught, as a Christian's directory for his day's work. When to awake; Now; and to awake out of the sleep of carnal security, sloth, and negligence; out of the sleep of spir...
LET ITS WALK HONESTLY, AS IN THE DAY: q.d. Let us behave ourselves decently, and with a holy shamefacedness, as becomes those to whom the grace of God, and the glorious light of the gospel, hath appea...
Let us walk becomingly, as in the day [i. e., as if the day of salvation and the presence of God (Revelation 21:3) were already here]; _not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonne...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV We shall, however, treat of prayer in due course by and by. But we ought to have works that cry aloud, as becoming "those who walk in the day."[258] Tertullian...
Romans 13:13 walk G4043 (G5661) properly G2156 as G5613 in G1722 day G2250 not G3361 revelry G2970 and...
‘Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling (disorderly behaviour) and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy,' One consequence of putting on the armour...
LIVING IN CRISIS DAYS (13:11-14). Paul commenced this section in Romans 12:1 with the call to present our bodies as a holy and acceptable living sacrifice, not being conformed to this world, but being...
Romans 13:13. LET US WALK SEEMLY, AS IN THE DAY. Both ‘honestly' (E. V.) and ‘decently' (E. V. margin) are too limited, the reference being to decorum, such as befits the day when conduct is open to o...
4. _General Exhortation to Love_, _and to a Christian Walk._ The more general exhortation of Romans 13:8 seems to have been suggested by the thought of obligation which underlies Romans 13:7: fulfil a...
HONESTLY (ευσχημονως). Paul is fond of the metaphor "walk" (περιπατεω), 33 times though not in the Pastoral Epistles. This old adverb (from ευσχημων, graceful) occurs also in 1 Thessalonians 4:12; 1...
CONTENTS: Believer's attitude toward civil government. Law of love toward neighbors. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul. CONCLUSION: Obedience to civil magistrates is one of the laws of Christ whose relig...
Romans 13:1. _Let every soul be subject to the higher powers,_ of magistrates, governors, proconsuls, kings, and emperors. The christian finds them in power; they allow us to lock our doors at night,...
LET US CONDUCT OURSELVES PROPERLY. Christians are "walking advertisements" for the Faith. ORGIES. See note on Revelation 2:20. IMMORALITY. The technical word is _fornication._ See notes on Matthew 19:...
_Let us walk honestly, as in the day._ RULES FOR WALKING IN THE DAY I. In general. Walk honestly (Titus 2:12). 1. Soberly. 2. Righteously. 3. Godly. II. In particular. 1. Not in rioting and dru...
_And, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep._ A CALL I. To awake. Because-- 1. It is high time. 2. The night of unbelief is past. 3. The day of salvation is at hand. I...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 13:13.—εὐσχήμων, beautiful and symmetrical. Banquets, drinking feasts. Noisy crowds of drunken men ran dancing and singing through the streets. Lascivious banquets. Romans 13:...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 13:1 From admonitions to keep peace, if possible, with all men, whether or not within the Christian circle, and to act honourably and benevolently towards all, the apostle now passe...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Romans 13. As Christians, what should be our attitude towards government? Paul declares, Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of...
1 Corinthians 6:10; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 John 2:6; 1 Peter 2:1;...
Honestly [ε υ σ χ η μ ο ν ω ς]. Honest is originally honorable, and so here. Compare Wyclif's version of 1 Corinthians 12:23 : "And the members that be unhonest have more honesty; for our honest membe...
A NEW YEAR MESSAGE Romans 13:8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As one faces the New Year there are usually two dominant things that confront the thoughtful: 1. What about the year that has passed? 2. What about...
Banqueting — Luxurious, elegant feasts....