Romans 13:12

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“The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.”

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“The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.”

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KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Romans 13:12 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 24:14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
  2. Song of Solomon 2:17Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
  3. Isaiah 2:20In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.
  4. Isaiah 30:22So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
  5. Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
  6. John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
  7. Romans 13:14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
  8. 2 Corinthians 6:7in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
  9. Ephesians 4:22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
  10. Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
  11. Ephesians 6:11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
  12. Colossians 3:8But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
  13. 1 Thessalonians 5:5For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
  14. James 1:21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
  15. 1 Peter 2:1Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
  16. 1 John 1:5And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
  17. 1 John 2:8Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.
  18. Revelation 1:3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
  19. Revelation 22:10Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.

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