Romans 13:12

The night is nearly over, the day is almost here! So let's get rid of our dark deeds and put on the armor of light.

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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

11You 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.

13Let's behave properly, showing that we're people who are living in the light. We shouldn't spend our time going to wild parties and getting drunk, or having affairs and acting immorally, or getting into fights and being jealous.

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Cross References

Job 24:14The murderer gets up at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and when night falls he becomes a thief.

Isaiah 2:20On that day the people will take the idols of silver and gold that they made to worship and throw them away to the rats and the bats.

Ezekiel 18:31Get rid of all your rebellious sins! Change your way of thinking and have a new spirit. Why do you want to die, people of Israel?

Romans 13:14Instead put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and forget about following your sinful desires.

Ephesians 4:22So get rid of your former lifestyle, that old nature that ruins you through deceptive desires!

Ephesians 6:11Put on all the armor of God so you can withstand all the devil's attacks!

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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