Romans 13:13

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,' 'decorously,' AS IN THE DAY - q.d., 'Men choose the night for their revels, but our night is past, for we are all the children of the light and of the day (1 Thessalonians 5:5): let us therefore only do what is fit to be exposed to the light of such a day.' NOT IN RIOTING AND DRUNKENNESS - varied forms of intemperance; denoting revels in general, usually ending in intoxication; NOT IN CHAMBERING AND WANTONNESS - varied forms of impurity; the one pointing to definite acts, the other more gen...

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, — and envy and contention. If these have in them so much filthiness, that even carnal men are ashamed to commit them before the eyes of men, it behooves us, who are in the light of God, at all times to abstain from them; yea, even when we are withdrawn from the presence of men. As to the third vice, though contention is put before envying, there is yet. no doubt but that Paul intended to remind us, that strifes and contests arise from this fountain; for when any one seeks to excel, there is envying of one another; but ambition is the source of both evils. (411)...

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 spiritual death, and out of the sleep of spiritual deadness. Considering the time; a busy time; a perilous time. Also the salvation nigh at hand. Let us mind our way, and mend our pace, we are nearer our journey's end. Also to make ourselves ready. The night is far spent, the day is at hand; therefore it is time to dress ourselves. Observe what we must put off; clothes worn in the night. Cast off the sinful works of darkness. Observe what we must put on; how we should dress our souls. Put on the armour of light. A Christian must reckon himself undressed, if unarmed. The graces of the Spirit are this armour, to secure the soul from Satan's temptations, and the assaults of this present evil world....

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 grave; such as we shall not be ashamed of in the eyes of the whole world. _NOT IN RIOTING, AND DRUNKENNESS_] Μη κωμοις και μεθαις· Κωμος, _rioting_, according to _Hesychius_, signifies ασελγη ᾳσματα, πορνικα συμποσια, ῳδαι, _unclean and dissolute songs_, banquets, and such like. μεθαις signifies _drunken festivals_, such as were celebrated in honour of their gods, when _after_ they had _sacrificed_ (μετα το θυειν, SUIDAS) they drank to excess, accompanied with abominable acts of every kind. See _Suidas_ and _Hesychius_, under this word. _NOT IN CHAMBERING_] T

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” to those who are the children of light. AS IN THE DAY - As if all our actions were seen and known. People by day, or in open light, live decently; their foul and wicked deeds are done in the night. The apostle exhorts Christians to live as if all their conduct were seen, and they had nothing which they wished to conceal. IN RIOTING - Revelling; denoting the licentious conduct, the noisy and obstreperous mirth, the scenes of disorder and sensuality, which attend luxurious living. DRUNKENNESS - Rioting and drunkenness constitute the “first” class of sins from which he would keep

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 passes to _the duty of Christians towards the civil government and the laws of the country in which they lived. _It is well known that the Jews were impatient of the Roman dominion, and that some held it to be unlawful, on religious grounds, to pay tribute to Caesar (Matthew 22:17). Insurrections against the government had consequently been frequent. There had been the notable one under Judas the Gaulonite of Gamala (called ὁ Γαλιλαῖος, Acts 5:37), who left followers behind him, called Gaul

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, and we being exposed to the view of all men in broad daylight, ought not to lie down and sleep, but to arise and be active, and walk decently with the armour of light on us, as becomes the Gospel of Christ; not naked and unclothed, which would expose us and the Gospel to shame and contempt: NOT IN RIOTING; the Syriac and Arabic versions read, "in singing", or "songs"; meaning lewd ones, sung at riotous feasts and banquets, made not for refreshment, but for pleasure and debauchery, what the Romans i call "comessations"; feasts after supper in the night season, and design all sorts of nocturnal revels: "Comus", the word here used, is with the Heathens the god of feasts, perhaps the same with...

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 .) Romans 13:1 The children of God are strangers and pilgrims in the world. Our citizenship is in heaven. But what is the Christian to do as living under different forms of government? The Christian is to be in subjection to these, for the powers that exist are ordained by Him. Resisting these powers would mean resistance to God who has ordained them. They are God's ministers to maintain order. “Render therefore to all their dues, tribute to whom tribute is d

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 sentences intervenes Romans 13:11_ b_: now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The older Roman Christians (see _e.g. Romans 16:7_), like Paul, had long watched for Christ's great day (1 Corinthians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:2, etc.). Salvation (cf....

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