That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
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Gill's Exposition
That ye may walk honestly,.... Decently, in good credit and reputation, providing things honest in the sight of all men, for themselves and families, and honestly paying every man his own; on which…
Barnes' Notes
That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without - Out of the church; comp notes on Col 4:5. The word rendered honestly, means “becomingly, decorously, in a proper manner;” Rom 13:13; 1Co 14:40.…
Adam Clarke
That ye may walk honestly - Ευσχημονως· Becomingly, decently, respectably; as is consistent with the purity, holiness, gravity, and usefulness of your Christian calling.
Them that are without - The…
In these words the apostle mentions the great duties,
I. Of brotherly love. This he exhorts them to increase in yet more and more. The exhortation is introduced, not with a compliment, but with a…
Cambridge Bible
that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without Honestlyis rather honourably, honestè(Vulgate) in decent, comely fashion, in such manner as to "adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour" (Tit…
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