Let all things be done decently and in order.
Parallel translations
- KJV Let all things be done decently and in order.
- BSB But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
- NKJV Let all things be done decently and in order.
- NASB But all things must be done properly and in an orderly way.
- NLT But be sure that everything is done properly and in order.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Col 2:5For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
- Titus 1:5I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;
- 1 Cor 14:26–33What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has another language, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up.
- 1 Cor 11:34But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
- Rom 13:13Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.
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