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εὐσχημόνως
euschēmonōs
G2156
G:ADV Greek

properly

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Euschemonos describes conduct or action carried out in an appropriate, orderly manner.

The attested use describes doing or walking in an appropriate, orderly way: it qualifies the ordering of all things in 1 Corinthians 14:40 and conduct before outsiders or in contrast to named excesses in 1 Thessalonians 4:12 and Romans 13:13.

Senses in use

  1. Appropriate, orderly conduct or action · dominant

    The adverb qualifies how actions are to be done in 1 Corinthians 14:40, where the APB renders the instruction, "But let all things be done properly and according to order." It likewise qualifies walking in 1 Thessalonians 4:12 toward those outside and in Romans 13:13 in contrast to orgies, drunkennesses, debaucheries, quarrel, and zeal; in both verses the APB renders the clause with "walk properly."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses "properly" in all three verses, adding "and according to order" in 1 Corinthians 14:40. Those renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than isolate a precise English equivalent.

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