Romans 13:11
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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.
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
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
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Read in context1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Read in contextEphesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Read in contextMatthew 24:42–44
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:34
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
Read in contextMark 13:35–37
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:1–3
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
Read in context2 Peter 3:13–15
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
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