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Romans 13:12
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 armor of light.
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 armor of light.
ROMANS 13:12 avpoqw,meqa {A} Instead of avpoqw,meqa several Western witnesses read avpobalw,meqa (î46 D*, 3 F G Old Latin vg). Since the use of avpoqe,sqai is normal in formulas of renunciation...
Verse Romans 13:12. _THE NIGHT IS FAR SPENT_] If we understand this in reference to the _heathen_ state of the Romans, it may be paraphrased thus: _The night is far spent_-heathenish darkness is near...
THE NIGHT - The word “night,” in the New Testament, is used to denote “night” literally (Matthew 2:14, etc.); the starry heavens Revelation 8:12; and then it denotes a state of “ignorance” and “crime,...
CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Obedience to Authorities. (Romans 13:1 .)_ 2. Love the Fulfilling of the Law. (Romans 13:8 .) 3. The Day is at Hand. (Romans 13:11 .)...
WATCHING FOR THE DAY. Romans 13:11_ a_. And this (do) the punctual payment of love's debts as men aware of the crisis.. It is the hour of waking: the night has far advanced, etc. Between these sentenc...
Further, there is this--realize what time it is, that it is now high time to be awakened from sleep; for now your salvation is nearer than when you believed. The night is far gone; the day is near. So...
THE CHRISTIAN AND THE STATE (Romans 13:1-7)...
FAR SPENT. advanced. See Luke 2:52.Galatians 1:1; Galatians 1:14; 2 Timothy 2:16;...
_The night is far spent_ Lit. THE NIGHT WAS FAR SPENT. The Gr. verb is in the aorist; and the time-reference is, very probably, to the First Advent, when the Morning Star (Revelation 22:16) of the fin...
F. 12–15:13. THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL SEEN IN ITS EFFECT UPON BOTH THE COMMON AND THE INDIVIDUAL LIFE OF CHRISTIANS. In this section S. Paul deals with the consequences of the principles he has worked...
11–14. The exhortations to the detailed development of the Christian character are enforced by the reminder that the times are critical, and demand effort; that the full ‘day’ of Christ’s coming is ne...
Ἡ ΝῪΞ Κ.Τ.Λ. 1 Thessalonians 5:2-7; Revelation 21:25; Revelation 22:5. προεκ. ‘is far spent’ (advanced): A. and R.V., aor. marks the point reached. The night is almost gone, the signs of the coming da...
ΠΡΟΈΚΟΨΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΚΌΠΤΩ (G4298) выдвигать, двигаться вперед, ΉΓΓΙΚΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΈΓΓΊΖΩ (G1448) приближать, приближаться, ΆΠΟΘΏΜΕΘΑ _aor. conj. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G65...
DISCOURSE: 1913 VIGILANCE PRESCRIBED Romans 13:12. _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_. IT is the dist...
THE ARMOUR OF LIGHT— Beza observes very justly, that the sense of οπλα, _armour,_ is very extensive, and comprehends any accoutrements of the body. Hence it evidently signifies _dress:_ and the Apostl...
_TEXT_ Romans 13:11-14. And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed. Romans 13:12 The night is fa...
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. THE NIGHT (OF EVIL) IS FAR SPENT, THE DAY (OF CONSUMMATED TRIUMP...
__ The Conduct of the Saints 14 The conduct of the saints in any given economy is based on God's dispensation. If He dispenses law, He requires conduct in accord with law. Mercy calls for a higher s...
13:12 near; (c-10) Or 'drawn nigh.'...
THE DAY] i.e. of Christ's appearing. ARMOUR OF LIGHT] cp. Ephesians 6:13.;...
PARAPHRASE. '(1) Obey civil rulers, for they are divinely ordained, (2) and therefore God will punish disobedience. (3, 4) They do God's work, rewarding the good and punishing the evil. (5) Therefore...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 13 A CHRISTIAN’S DUTY TO THE STATE 13:1-7 V1 Everyone ought to obey their rulers. No government has authority unless G...
(11-14) The Apostle now gives a reason for enforcing this and other duties upon his readers. The end of the world itself is near. St. Paul, like the other Apostles (comp. 1 Peter 4:7; Revelation 22:20...
THE NIGHT. — The time during which the Messiah is absent from His people is compared to night. He is the sun. whose coming converts it to day. It is rather strange that here, as in 1 Thessalonians 5:8...
CHAPTER 28 CHRISTIAN DUTY IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD'S RETURN AND IN THE POWER OF HIS PRESENCE Romans 13:11 THE great teacher has led us long upon the path of duty, in its patient details, all summed...
ἡ νύξ προέκοψεν : the true day dawns only when Christ appears; at present it is night, though a night that has run much of its course. ἀποθώμεθα οὖν τὰ ἔργα τοῦ σκότους. Things that can only be done i...
In the closing verses of the chapter Paul enforces this exhortation to mutual love as the fulfilling of the law by reference to the approaching Parousia. We must all appear (and who can tell how soon?...
LOVE FULFILLS THE LAW Romans 13:8 The one debt which can never be discharged is love. Because we can never be out of debt to God, we are called upon to show unending love to man. So long as we love...
The apostle now showed what attitude the believer will take toward the world. The first thing dealt with is submission to authority. These powers are of God. The believer's submission to the will of G...
The night is far spent, the day is (i) at hand: let us therefore cast off the works (k) of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. (i) In other places we are said to be in the light, but yet...
The night is passed. That is, the night of sin and infidelity, in which you lived, before you began to serve Christ. (Witham) --- St. Paul is here addressing himself to Gentile converts. Before your c...
“ _And this, knowing the season, that now it is high time for you to awake out of sleep; for now is salvation nearer to us than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand; let us the...
TWENTY-SEVENTH PASSAGE (13:11-14). THE EXPECTATION OF CHRIST'S COMING AGAIN A MOTIVE TO CHRISTIAN SANCTIFICATION. This passage is the counterpart of that with which the apostle had begun his moral tea...
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 cas...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
_THE COMING DAY_ ‘The day is at hand.’ Romans 13:12 The Apostle says, ‘The night is far spent.’ Whether this is so cosmically and historically, we know not, though many have guessed and calculated...
_THE CHRISTIAN LIFE_ ‘Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.’ Romans 13:12 That is the strength of the Apostle’s image— I. CAST AWAY THE WORKS OF D...
12._The night has advanced, and the day_, _etc. _This is the season which he had just mentioned; for as the faithful are not as yet received into full light, he very fitly compares to the dawn the kno...
Among themselves Christians are exhorted not to seek the high things of this world, but to walk as brethren with those of low degree: a precept too much forgotten in the assembly of God to her loss. I...
THE NIGHT IS FAR SPENT,.... Not of Jewish darkness, which was gone, and was succeeded by the Gospel day; nor of former ignorance in Gentilism and unregeneracy, for that was past, and the true light sh...
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. Ver. 12. _The night_] Here it is taken for all unregeneracy, which...
_And that_ That is, do this to which I exhort you; fulfil the law of love in all the instances above mentioned; _knowing the time_ Greek, τον καιρον, _the season_, that it is the morning of the day of...
THE NIGHT; our state of darkness and trials in this world. THE DAY; the state of light and bliss in heaven. THE WORKS OF DARKNESS; sinful deeds of every kind. THE ARMOR OF LIGHT; the armor of right...
SUBJECTION TO PROPER AUTHORITY This chapter is as clear as can be in its teaching: nothing but a spirit of rebellion could find difficulty with it - except possibly in the matter of how far this subje...
When should we start loving all men? NOW! Know the time = "Wake up and smell the coffee." It is high time to awake from sleep. Sleep = apathy, "I don't care about others." Sleep a rest in a bed. Sl...
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. 'the night is far spent' -'almost gone' (NASV) Apparently 'night...
11-14 Four things are here taught, as a Christian's directory for his day's work. When to awake; Now; and to awake out of the sleep of carnal security, sloth, and negligence; out of the sleep of spir...
THE NIGHT IS FAR SPENT, THE DAY IS AT HAND: some, by _night_ and _day, _ do understand the night of Jewish persecution and the day of deliverance and salvation; see HEBREWS 10:25. Others, by _night, _...
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. [In this figure "night" stands for the Christian's earthly life,...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II For the apostle decrees that, "putting off the works of darkness, we should put on the armour of light, walking honestly as in the day, not spending our t...
Romans 13:12 night G3571 spent G4298 (G5656) G1161 day G2250 hand G1448 (G5758) Therefore G3767 off...
‘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 armour of light.' The time for sleeping is over, We need to be aroused ready for...
LIVING IN CRISIS DAYS (13:11-14). Paul commenced this section in Romans 12:1 with the call to present our bodies as a holy and acceptable living sacrifice, not being conformed to this world, but being...
Romans 13:12. THE NIGHT IS FAR SPENT, etc. The figure here must be interpreted in accordance with the view taken of ‘salvation _'_ (Romans 13:11). ‘The night' is primarily the period up to the Advent,...
4. _General Exhortation to Love_, _and to a Christian Walk._ The more general exhortation of Romans 13:8 seems to have been suggested by the thought of obligation which underlies Romans 13:7: fulfil a...
IS FAR SPENT (προεκοψεν). First aorist active indicative of προκοπτω, to cut forward, to advance, old word for making progress. See Luke 2:52; Galatians 1:14; 2 Timothy 2:16;...
Romans 13:12 Inducements to Holiness. I. The argument which is drawn from the greater nearness of death (for this is evidently the argument here employed) is not of the same urgency when applied to t...
CONTENTS: Believer's attitude toward civil government. Law of love toward neighbors. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul. CONCLUSION: Obedience to civil magistrates is one of the laws of Christ whose relig...
Romans 13:1. _Let every soul be subject to the higher powers,_ of magistrates, governors, proconsuls, kings, and emperors. The christian finds them in power; they allow us to lock our doors at night,...
THE NIGHT IS NEARLY OVER. The "night" of spiritual darkness [ignorance and evil]. DAY IS ALMOST HERE. When the Truth of Christ sets people free from sin and death. [Johnson sees this night as the peri...
_And, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep._ A CALL I. To awake. Because-- 1. It is high time. 2. The night of unbelief is past. 3. The day of salvation is at hand. I...
_The night is far spent, the day is at hand._ THE NIGHT AND THE DAY These words contain-- I. A representation of this life and of the life to come. 1. This life is the night. Our condition in this...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 13:11 The final verses of this section (Romans 12:3) call Christians to action, given the shortness of the time before Jesus returns....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 13:12. NIGHT.—Time of Mosaic law, previous to Christ’s first coming. Time of ignorance of God. The whole of life in this world, in comparison with the kingdom of glory. Night...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 13:1 From admonitions to keep peace, if possible, with all men, whether or not within the Christian circle, and to act honourably and benevolently towards all, the apostle now passe...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Romans 13. As Christians, what should be our attitude towards government? Paul declares, Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of...
1 John 1:5; 1 John 2:8; 1 John 2:9; 1 Peter 2:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:5;...
Is far spent [π ρ ο ε κ ο ψ ε ν]. The A. V. gives a variety of renderings to this verb. Luke 2:52, increased; Galatians 1:14, profited; 2 Timothy 3:9, proceed; 13, wax. The word originally means to be...
A NEW YEAR MESSAGE Romans 13:8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As one faces the New Year there are usually two dominant things that confront the thoughtful: 1. What about the year that has passed? 2. What about...
Observe here, 1. The apostle puts the Romans in mind of their former state before conversion, when THE MIGHT of heathenish ignorance and darkness was upon them, when they spent their time and strength...