Romans 13:11
9 The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
10 Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
12 The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
- KJV
- And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
- WEB
- Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
- ASV
- And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we [first] believed.
- DARBY
- This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that *we* should be aroused out of sleep; for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
- BLB
- And do this, knowing the time, that [it is] already the hour for you⁺ to be awakened out of sleep; for our salvation [is] nearer now than when we came to believe.
- ÅB
- Og dette må vi gjøre, fordi vi kjenner tiden: timen er kommet da vi skal våkne opp av søvnen. For frelsen er oss nærmere nå enn den gang vi kom til troen.
- OTB
- Og gjør dette, idet dere forstår den nåværende tid: timen er kommet for dere til å våkne opp fra søvnen, for vår frelse er nærmere nå enn da vi først trodde.
- B1930
- Og dette må vi gjøre, da vi kjenner tiden, at timen er kommet da vi skal våkne op av søvne; for frelsen er oss nærmere nu enn dengang vi kom til troen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Thessalonians 5:5–8
For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
Read in context1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
Read in contextEphesians 5:14
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Read in contextMatthew 24:42–44
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:34
Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
Read in contextMark 13:35–37
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:1–3
Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you.
Read in context2 Peter 3:13–15
But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
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