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Romans 13:14 KJV
Romans · chapter 13 · verse 14
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.Romans 13:14 · King James Version
Romans 13:14 in context
12The 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.
13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Commentary
Cross references
- Ephesians 4:24
- Galatians 5:16-17
- Galatians 3:27
- Galatians 5:24
- 1 Peter 2:11
- Colossians 3:10-12
- Romans 8:12-13
- 1 John 2:15-17
Key words (Strong's)
- provisionpronoiaforethought, providential care, to make provision for a thingG4307 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- fleshsarxflesh of both man and beasts, the body, the body of a man, used of natural or physical…G4561 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- makepoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-14