Romans 13:14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 13:11-14

We are here taught a lesson of sobriety and godliness in ourselves. Our main care must be to look to ourselves. Four things we are here taught, as a Christian's directory for his day's work: when to awake, how to dress ourselves, how to walk, and what provision to make. I. When to awake: Now it is high time to awake (Rom. 13:11), to awake out of the sleep of sin (for a sinful condition is a sleeping condition), out of the sleep of carnal security, sloth and negligence, out of the sleep of... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 13:11-14

13:11-14 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, then, let us put away the works of darkness, and let us clothe ourselves with the weapons of light. Let us walk in loveliness of life, as those who walk in the day, and let us not walk in revelry or drunkenness, in immorality and in shamelessness, in contention and in strife. But put... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 13:14

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ ,.... As a man puts on his clothes when he rises in the morning: the righteousness of Christ is compared to a garment, it is the best robe, it is fine linen, clean and white, and change of raiment; which being put on by the Father's gracious act of imputation, covers the sins and deformities of his people, defends them from divine justice, secures them from wrath to come, and renders them beautiful and acceptable in his sight: which righteousness being... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 13:14

Put ye on the Lord Jesus - This is in reference to what is said, Romans 13:13 ; : Let us put on decent garments - let us make a different profession, unite with other company, and maintain that profession by a suitable conduct. Putting on, or being clothed with Jesus Christ, signifies receiving and believing the Gospel; and consequently taking its maxims for the government of life, having the mind that was in Christ. The ancient Jews frequently use the phrase putting on the shechinah, or... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 13:14

Verse 14 14.But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, etc. This metaphor is commonly used in Scripture with respect to what tends to adorn or to deform man; both of which may be seen in his clothing: for a filthy and torn garment dishonors a man; but what is becoming and clean recommends him. Now to put on Christ, means here to be on every side fortified by the power of his Spirit, and be thereby prepared to discharge all the duties of holiness; for thus is the image of God renewed in us, which is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 13:8-14

Christ-likeness. From citizenship, which is disposed of in the preceding verses, the apostle passes on to the Christian spirit as manifested in neighbourly relations. He here enters into the very spirit and essence of God's law, showing it to be love. And here we have— I. THE DEBT WHICH CAN NEVER BE DISCHARGED . ( Romans 13:8 .) We may pay all other debts, and should owe no man anything; but love is a debt that can never be discharged, an obligation which abides, a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 13:11-14

There is now interposed among the particular admonitions a call to watchfulness, with a view to holiness in all relations of life, on the ground that the day is at hand . There can be little, if any, doubt that the apostle had in view the second coming of Christ, which he with others supposed might be close at hand, Our Lord had said that of that day none knew but the Father, and that it would come unexpectedly. Further, in the same addresses to the disciples before his death in which these... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 13:11-14

A startling summons. The admonition of this passage is especially addressed to Christians; yet to Christians who stand peculiarly in need of a rousing appeal and summons, to call them to a more spiritual and a more watchful life. I. THE CRISIS OF LIFE . 1. The night is well-nigh gone. Between our Lord's first and second comings stretches the dawn of the world. Behind his first coming lay the night of humanity. Beyond his second advent the daylight beams, with the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 13:11-14

Night and day. Christian motives are brought forward to incite to moral duties. We are called upon to do right, not only by the voices of expediency and of authority, but by the voice of revelation. Christians are addressed as those who know the seasons, who discern the signs of the times, who regard the present as a period of probation, of discipline, of education, and whose gaze is ever forwards, whose hope is in their Lord's return to judge and to save. I. THE RETROSPECT OF ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 13:11-14

Awake and arm! It is strange that, at the very commencement of a new dispensation, the prospect of its close should be so often presented to the view. No sooner had Christ's first coming ended, than his people were taught to anticipate his second coming. Thus the thoughts and affections of Christians are clustered around their Lord, and the revelation of the past suggests the approaching epiphany. The contrasts of this passage are very striking. When carefully analyzed, they appear— I. ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 13:11-14

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 13:11-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 13:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 13:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 13:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 13:8-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 13:11-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 13:11-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 13:11-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 13:11-14

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