Romans 13:14

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

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In The King James Version

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof .

In Context

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 29:14Being true and acting right were what I wore for clothing.

Galatians 3:27All of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 5:24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed to the cross their sinful human nature, together with all their sinful passions and desires.

Colossians 3:5So kill your worldly nature—sexual sin, immorality, lust, evil desires, greedily wanting to have more—this is the worship of idols.

1 Peter 2:11My friends, I'm pleading with you as foreigners and strangers in this world not to give in to physical desires that are in conflict with what is spiritual.

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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