Romans 13:14

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

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

In Context

13Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

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Cross References

Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

Galatians 3:27For as many of you as were baptised into Christ have put on Christ.

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

Colossians 3:5Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which 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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