Romans 13:12
10 Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
11 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.
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.
14 Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.
- ASV
- The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
- DARBY
- The night is far spent, and the day is near; let us cast away therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
- BLB
- The night is advanced, and the day has drawn near; therefore let us lay aside the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
- ÅB
- Natten er langt fremskredet, og dagen er nær. La oss derfor legge av mørkets gjerninger og kle oss i lysets våpen!
- OTB
- Natten er nesten over, og dagen er nær. Så la oss legge bort mørkets gjerninger og ta på oss lysets rustning.
- B1930
- Det lider med natten, og det stunder til dag; la oss derfor avlegge mørkets gjerninger, men iklæ oss lysets våben!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 18:31–32
Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
Read in contextEphesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:7
in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
Read in contextColossians 3:8–17
But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
Read in contextEphesians 6:11–18
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Read in contextJames 1:21
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
Read in contextRomans 13:14
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
Read in contextEphesians 4:22
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
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