Romans 13:12

The night is far advanced, the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11And that, knowing the time, that it is high time that we already were awaked out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

13Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in lewdness and wantonness, not in strife and envying;

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Cross References

Romans 13:14but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

Ephesians 4:22that ye put off, as concerns your former deportment, the old man who is corrupted according to the lusts of deceit,

Ephesians 6:11Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil.

Matthew Henry on Romans 13:12-14

The Christian Directory. ( a. d. 58.) 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. 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. 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh,… Read the whole commentary →

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