Romans 13:12

The night progresses; moreover, the day has-become-near. So, we-should-place-off/away-selves the works of{the darkness} and we-should-clothe-selves the implements/arms/weapons of{the light}

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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

11and the-same [full-effect], having-beheld the season, that already [the] hour, us to-be-roused out of{sleep}, for now nearer of{us}, the salvation, the when we-believe.

13as in to{day}. We-should-walk-around well-decorum-ly, not to{revelries} and to{drunkennesses}, not to{[marriage/family]beds} and to{licentious-ias/wanton-ias}, not to{quarrel} and to{zeal};

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Cross References

Romans 13:14contrariwise, clothe-selves the Lord Jesus Anointed, and be_not_making-selves forethought of{the flesh} into desire-upon-ias.

Ephesians 4:22you to-place-off/away-self according-to the more-before turn-anew[noun], the old man, the being-ruined according-to the desire-upon-ias of{the deceit}.

Ephesians 6:11Clothe-selves the all-arms/weapon-ia/panoply of{the God} toward the you to-be-being-enabled/empowered to-stand toward the change/across/alongside-way-ias[translit. "method-ias"] of{the devil/slanderous},

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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