Romans 13:14

Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

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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 us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

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Cross References

Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

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

Galatians 5:24Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Colossians 3:5Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your 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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