Rm13:7Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. 8Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. 9The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." 10Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. 11And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery1, not in dissension and jealousy. 14Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature. - NIV
1Jhn2:20But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all
have knowledge [know the truth]. ..... 23No
one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses [acknowledges] the Son
has the Father also. 24Let [see
that] what you heard from the beginning abide [remain(s)] in you. If what you
heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and
in the Father. 25And this is the
promise that he made to us [what he promised us] --eternal life. 26I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive
you [lead you astray]. 27But the anointing that you received from him abides in you,
and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches
you about everything--and is true [real] and is no lie [not counterfeit], just as it has taught
you--abide in him. 28And now, little [dear] children, abide
[continue] in him, so that when he appears we
may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. 29If
you know that he is righteous, you may be sure [you know] that everyone who practices
righteousness [does what is right] has been born of him. - ESV
1Pet1:3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In
his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4and
into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for
you, 5who through faith are shielded by God's
power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last
time. 6In this you greatly rejoice, though now
for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7These
have come so that your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even
though refined by fire--may be proved genuine and may
result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
8Though you have not seen him, you love him;
and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with
an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9for you are
receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. - NIV
1 - debauchery: indulgence in pleasure that lacks moral restraint, extreme
indulgence in sensual pleasure. ^
Challenge: True Life