Romans 13:12 “The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside…”

Romans 13:12

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

The night is past, and the day is at hande, let vs therefore cast away the workes of darkenesse, and let vs put on the armour of light,

Darby Translation

The night is far spent, and the day is near; let us cast away therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

Young's Literal Translation

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;

Bible in Basic English

The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,

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Cross references

“night”

Song of Solomon 2:17 1 John 2:8

Song of Solomon 2:17 · BSB

Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.

1 John 2:8 · BSB

Then 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.

“cast”

James 1:21 Ephesians 4:22 Isaiah 30:22 1 Peter 2:1 Isaiah 2:20 Ezekiel 18:31

James 1:21 · BSB

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

Ephesians 4:22 · BSB

to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

Isaiah 30:22 · BSB

So 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!”

1 Peter 2:1 · BSB

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

Isaiah 2:20 · BSB

In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.

Ezekiel 18:31 · BSB

Cast 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?

“works”

Ephesians 5:11 John 3:19–21 1 John 1:5–7 Job 24:14–17 1 Thessalonians 5:5–7 1 John 2:9

Ephesians 5:11 · BSB

Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

John 3:19–21 · BSB

And 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.

1 John 1:5–7 · BSB

And 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.

Job 24:14–17 · BSB

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

1 Thessalonians 5:5–7 · BSB

For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

1 John 2:9 · BSB

If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.

“put”

2 Corinthians 6:7 Ephesians 6:11–18 Romans 13:14 Colossians 3:10–17 1 Thessalonians 5:8

2 Corinthians 6:7 · BSB

in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

Ephesians 6:11–18 · BSB

Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

Romans 13:14 · BSB

Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

Colossians 3:10–17 · BSB

and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

1 Thessalonians 5:8 · BSB

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.

Also

Revelation 1:3 Revelation 22:10

Revelation 1:3 · BSB

Blessed 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.

Revelation 22:10 · BSB

Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

13Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

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