Romans 13:11
You should do this because you realize how urgent the time is—that it's high time for you to wake up from your sleep. For salvation is closer to us now than when we first put our trust in God.
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In Context
10Love doesn't do wrong to anyone, so love fulfils the law.
Cross References
Isaiah 21:11A message about Edom. A voice is calling to me from Seir, asking, “Watchman, what time of night is it? Watchman, what time of night is it?”
Matthew 16:3while in the morning you say, ‘It'll be bad weather today, because the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to predict the weather by what the sky looks like, but you can't recognize the signs of the times!
Matthew 25:5The bridegroom took a long time and all the girls became drowsy and fell asleep.
Mark 13:35So keep watch, because you don't know when the owner of the house is coming back. It may be in the evening, in the middle of the night, before dawn, or in the morning.
1 Corinthians 7:29I'm telling you, brothers and sisters, that time is short, and from now on for those who are married it may seem as if they are not married,
1 Corinthians 15:34Come to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! Some of you don't know God. I tell you this to shame you.
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 →