Romans 13:12New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— 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.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The night, is far spent and, the day, hath drawn near; let us, then, cast off the works of darkness, [and] let us put on the armour of light,—
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 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;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The night is passed And the day is at hand. Let us, therefore cast off the works of darkness and put on the armour of light.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— 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,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The night is farre spent, the day is at hand: let vs therefore cast off the workes of darkenesse, and let vs put on the armour of light.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— 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.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— The night now passeth away, and the day hath drawn nigh; put we away then from us the works of darkness, and let us clothe with the arms of light.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— The night now passeth away, and the day draweth near. Let us therefore cast from us the works of darkness; and let us put on the armor of light. |
The
x3588 (3588) Complementὁho{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
night
3571 {3571} Primeνύξnux{noox}
A primary word; 'night' (literally or figuratively).
is far spent,
4298 {4298} Primeπροκόπτωprokopto{prok-op'-to}
From G4253 and G2875; to drive forward (as if by beating), that is, (figuratively and intransitively) to advance (in amount, to grow; in time, to be well along).
1161 {1161} Primeδέde{deh}
A primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.
z5656 <5656> Grammar
Tense - Aorist (See G5777) Voice - Active (See G5784) Mood - Indicative (See G5791) Count - 2319
the
x3588 (3588) Complementὁho{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
day
2250 {2250} Primeἡμέραhemera{hay-mer'-ah}
Feminine (with G5610 implied) of a derivative of ἧμαι [[hemai]] (to sit; akin to the base of G1476) meaning tame, that is, gentle; day, that is, (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context).
is at hand:
1448 {1448} Primeἐγγίζωeggizo{eng-id'-zo}
From G1451; to make near, that is, (reflexively) approach.
z5758 <5758> Grammar
Tense - Perfect (See G5778) Voice - Active (See G5784) Mood - Indicative (See G5791) Count - 516
let us
y659 [0659] Standardἀποτίθημιapotithemi{ap-ot-eeth'-ay-mee}
From G0575 and G5087; to put away (literally or figuratively).
z0 <0000> Grammar
The original word in the Greek or Hebrew is translated by more than one word in the English. The English translation is separated by one or more other words from the original.
therefore
3767 {3767} Primeοὖνoun{oon}
Apparently a primary word; (adverbially) certainly, or (conjugationally) accordingly.
cast off
659 {0659} Primeἀποτίθημιapotithemi{ap-ot-eeth'-ay-mee}
From G0575 and G5087; to put away (literally or figuratively).
z5643 <5643> Grammar
Tense - Second Aorist (See G5780) Voice - Middle (See G5785) Mood - Subjunctive (See G5792) Count - 15
the
x3588 (3588) Complementὁho{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
works
2041 {2041} Primeἔργονergon{er'-gon}
From ἔργω [[ergo]] (a primary but obsolete word; to work); toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication an act.
of darkness,
4655 {4655} Primeσκότοςskotos{skot'-os}
From the base of G4639; shadiness, that is, obscurity (literally or figuratively).
and
2532 {2532} Primeκαίkai{kahee}
Apparently a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so, then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words.
let us put on
1746 {1746} Primeἐνδύωenduo{en-doo'-o}
From G1722 and G1416 (in the senese of sinking into a garment); to invest with clothing (literally or figuratively).
z5672 <5672> Grammar
Tense - Aorist (See G5777) Voice - Middle (See G5785) Mood - Subjunctive (See G5792) Count - 43
the
x3588 (3588) Complementὁho{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
armour
3696 {3696} Primeὅπλονhoplon{hop'-lon}
Probably from the primary word ἕπω [[hepo]] (to be busy about); an implement or utensil or tool (literally or figuratively, especially offensive for war).
of light.
5457 {5457} Primeφῶςphos{foce}
From an obsolete φάω [[phao]] (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays; compare G5316 and G5346); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative). |
Romans 13:12
_ _ The night — of evil
_ _ is far spent, the day — of consummated triumph over it
_ _ is at hand: let us therefore cast off — as a dress
_ _ the works of darkness — all works holding of the kingdom and period of darkness, with which, as followers of the risen Savior, our connection has been dissolved.
_ _ and let us put on the armour of light — described at length in Ephesians 6:11-18. |
Romans 13:12
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 so that it does not yet appear what we are, for as yet we see but as it were in the twilight.
(k) That kind of life which those lead that flee the light. |
- night:
Song of Songs 2:17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
1 John 2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
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- cast:
Isaiah 2:20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made [each one] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
Isaiah 30:22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Ezekiel 18:31-32 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? ... For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn [yourselves], and live ye.
Ephesians 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Colossians 3:8-9 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. ... Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
James 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
1 Peter 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
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- works:
Job 24:14-17 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. ... For the morning [is] to them even as the shadow of death: if [one] know [them, they are in] the terrors of the shadow of death.
John 3:19-21 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. ... But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].
1 Thessalonians 5:5-7 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. ... For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
1 John 1:5-7 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. ... But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1 John 2:8-9 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. ... He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
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- put:
Romans 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].
2 Corinthians 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Ephesians 6:11-18 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. ... Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Colossians 3:10-17 And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: ... And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
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