Romans 13:12
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
11 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.
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.
14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
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 you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Read in contextEphesians 5:11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:7
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Read in contextColossians 3:8–17
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Read in contextEphesians 6:11–18
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Read in contextJames 1:21
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Read in contextRomans 13:14
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Read in contextEphesians 4:22
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
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