Romans 13:11

And do this, because you know the time, that the hour has already come when we should awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed:

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10Love works no evil to our neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.

12the night is far advanced, the day draws near. Let us, therefore, put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:3And in the morning, A storm to-day; for the sky is red and lowering. Hypocrites! you know how to judge of the face of the sky; but you can not judge of the signs of the times.

Matthew 25:5While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

Mark 13:35watch you therefore; for you know not when the master of the house comes, whether at evening, or at midnight, or at the crowing of the cock, or in the morning;

1 Corinthians 7:29Now, this I say, brethren, the time is fraught with trials. It remains that those who have wives be as though they had them not;

1 Corinthians 15:34Awake, as you should, to soberness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

Matthew Henry on Romans 13:8-11

Justice and Charity. ( a. d. 58.) 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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