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Romans 13:12

The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let us therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

New Heart English Bible

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

11Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

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

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Cross References

Job 24:14The murderer rises with the light.He kills the poor and needy.In the night he is like a thief.

Isaiah 2:20In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver,and their idols of gold,which have been made for themselves to worship,to the moles and to the bats;

Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel?

Romans 13:14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

Ephesians 4:22that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

Ephesians 6:11Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

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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