Romans 13:14

but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and take no forethought for the flesh—for desires.

Literal Standard Version

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

13as in daytime, let us walk properly; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy;

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Cross References

Job 29:14I have put on righteousness, and it clothes me, || My justice as a robe and a crown.

Galatians 3:27for as many as were immersed into Christ put on Christ;

Galatians 5:24and those who are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the affections and the desires;

Colossians 3:5Put to death, then, your members that [are] on the earth—whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry—

1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I call on [you], as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires that war against the soul,

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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