Romans 13:14

But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, And make no provisions for your earthly nature And the gratification of its lusts.

Montgomery New Testament

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 live honestly, as in the day, Not in reveling and drunkenness, Not in lust and licentiousness, Not is strife and jealousy;

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Cross References

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

Galatians 5:24And those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and appetites.

Colossians 3:5So slay your baser inclinations. fornication, impurity, appetite, unnatural desires, and the greed which is idolatry.

1 Peter 2:11I beseech you, beloved, as pilgrims and exiles, to abstain from passions of the flesh that war upon your souls.

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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