Rom 13:13, 2Pe 2:18 | JFB | STEP | 13. Let us walk honestly —"becomingly," "seemingly" as in the day —"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 ( ): 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 general. not in strife and envying —varied forms of that venomous feeling between man and man which reverses the law of love.

Romans 13:13

13. Let us walk honestly—"becomingly," "seemingly"

as in the day—"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 (1Th 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 general.

not in strife and envying—varied forms of that venomous feeling between man and man which reverses the law of love.

2 Peter 2:18

18. allure—Greek, "lay baits for."

through—Greek, "in"; the lusts of the flesh being the element IN which they lay their baits.

much wantonness—Greek, "by licentiousness"; the bait which they lay.

clean escaped—Greek, "really escaped." But the oldest manuscripts and Vulgate read, "scarcely," or "for but a little time"; scarcely have they escaped from them who live in error (the ungodly world), when they are allured by these seducers into sin again (2Pe 2:20).