More and More (2)

The New King James Version Chapter 4

4 Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus athat you should abound more and more, bjust as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; 2 for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Amplified Bible Chapter 4

FURTHERMORE, iBRETHREN, we beg and admonish you in [virtue of our union with] the Lord Jesus, that [you follow the instructions which] you learned from us about how you ought to walk so as to please and gratify God, as indeed you are doing, [and] that you do so even more and more abundantly [attaining yet greater perfection in living this life].

2 For you know what charges and precepts we gave you [jon the authority and by the inspiration of] the Lord Jesus.

For this type of abounding more and more comes through the walk we possess in life. The term walk seems to be more than 50 times used in the new covenant. Let us look at some of the ways we are to walk figuratively.

The New King James Version (Chapter 13)

13 nLet us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

17 But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I 1ordain in all the churches. 18 Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? oLet him not be circumcised.

The New King James Version. (1982). (1 Co 7:17–18). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

4 I, therefore, the prisoner 1of the Lord, 2beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,

The New King James Version. (1982). (Eph 4:1). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

10 rthat you may walk worthy of the Lord, sfully pleasing Him, tbeing fruitful in every good work and increasing in the uknowledge of God;

r Eph. 4:1; Phil. 1:27; 1 Thess. 2:12

s 1 Thess. 4:1

t Heb. 13:21

u 2 Pet. 3:18

The New King James Version. (1982). (Col 1:10). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

Lets look at the ways walk before men and God the Father. - 4 I, therefore, the prisoner 1of the Lord, 2beseech you to awalk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit bin the bond of peace. 4 cThere is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 done Lord, eone faith, fone baptism; 6 gone God and Father of all, who is above all, and hthrough all, and in 3you all.

7 But ito each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore He says:

j“When He ascended on high,

He led captivity captive,

And gave gifts to men.”

9 k(Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also 4first descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is also the One lwho ascended far above all the heavens, mthat He might fill all things.)

11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, nfor the 5edifying of othe body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith pand of the knowledge of the Son of God, to qa perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be rchildren, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of sdeceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the thead—Christ—16 ufrom whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should vno longer walk as 6the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the wblindness of their heart; 19 xwho, being past feeling, yhave given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

1 Lit. in

2 exhort, encourage

a Eph. 2:10; [Col. 1:10; 2:6]; 1 Thess. 2:12

b Col. 3:14

c Rom. 12:5

d 1 Cor. 1:13

e [1 Cor. 15:1–8]; Jude 3

f 1 Cor. 12:12, 13; [Heb. 6:6]

g Mal. 2:10; 1 Cor. 8:6; 12:6

h Rom. 11:36

3 NU omits you; M us

i [1 Cor. 12:7, 11]

j Ps. 68:18; [Col. 2:15]

k Luke 23:43; John 3:13; 20:17; [1 Pet. 3:19, 20]

4 NU omits first

l Acts 1:9

m [Acts 2:33; Eph. 1:23]

n 1 Cor. 14:26

5 building up

o Col. 1:24

p Col. 2:2

q 1 Cor. 14:20; Col. 1:28; Heb. 5:14

r 1 Cor. 14:20

s Rom. 16:18

t Eph. 1:22

u [Rom. 12:4]; Col. 2:19

v Eph. 2:2; 4:22

6 NU omits the rest of

w Rom. 1:21

x 1 Tim. 4:2

y 1 Pet. 4:3

The New King James Version. (1982). (Eph 4:1–19). Nashville: Thomas Nelson. - 5 Therefore abe imitators of God as dear bchildren. 2 And cwalk in love, das Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God efor a sweet-smelling aroma.

3 But fornication and all funcleanness or gcovetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; 4 hneither filthiness, nor ifoolish talking, nor coarse jesting, jwhich are not fitting, but rather kgiving of thanks. 5 For 1this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any linheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not be mpartakers with them.

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are nlight in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for othe fruit of the 2Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 pfinding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And have qno fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather 3expose them. 12 rFor it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. 13 But sall things that are 4exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. 14 Therefore He says:

t“Awake, you who sleep,

Arise from the dead,

And Christ will give you light.”

15 uSee then that you walk 5circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16 vredeeming the time, wbecause the days are evil.

17 xTherefore do not be unwise, but yunderstand zwhat the will of the Lord is. 18 And ado not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another bin psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making cmelody in your heart to the Lord, 20 dgiving thanks always for all things to God the Father ein the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 fsubmitting to one another in the fear of 6God.

a [Matt. 5:48]; Luke 6:36; Eph. 4:32

b 1 Pet. 1:14–16

c 1 Thess. 4:9

d John 15:9; Gal. 1:4; 1 John 3:16

e Ex. 29:18, 25; 2 Cor. 2:14, 15

f Col. 3:5–7

g [Luke 12:15]

h Matt. 12:34, 35; Eph. 4:29; Col. 3:8; James 1:21

i Titus 3:9

j Rom. 1:28

k Phil. 4:6; Col. 3:17; [1 Thess. 5:18]

1 NU know this

l 1 Cor. 6:9, 10; Col. 3:5

m 1 Tim. 5:22

n 1 Thess. 5:5

o Gal. 5:22

2 NU light

p [Rom. 12:1, 2]

q 1 Cor. 5:9; 2 Cor. 6:14

3 reprove

r Rom. 1:24

s [John 3:20, 21]

4 reproved

t [Is. 26:19; 60:1; Rom. 13:11]

u Col. 4:5

5 carefully

v Col. 4:5

w Eccl. 11:2

x Col. 4:5

y [Rom. 12:2]; Col. 1:9

z 1 Thess. 4:3

a Prov. 20:1; 23:31; Rom. 13:13; 1 Cor. 5:11; 1 Thess. 5:7

b Acts 16:25

c James 5:13

d Ps. 34:1

e [1 Pet. 2:5]

f [Phil. 2:3]; 1 Pet. 5:5

6 NU Christ

The New King James Version. (1982). (Eph 5:1–21). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.