Romans 13:14

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Romans 13:13-14

Romans LOVE AND THE DAY Rom_13:8 - Rom_13:14 . The two paragraphs of this passage are but slightly connected. The first inculcates the obligation of universal love; and the second begins by suggesting, as a motive for the discharge of that duty, the near approach of ‘the day.’ The light of that dawn draws Paul’s eyes and leads him to wider exhortations on Christian purity as befitting the children of light. I. Rom_13:8 - Rom_13:10 set forth the obligation of a love which embraces all men,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Romans 13:8-14

Love Fulfills the Law Romans 13:8-14 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 we cannot injure; and therefore the man who is always caring for others as much as, or more than, he does for himself (and this latter is the Christian ideal) is fulfilling that ancient law. We resemble soldiers slumbering in their tents while dawn is flushing the sky. Presently the bugle rings... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Romans 13:1-14

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 God is manifested in the world by his obedience to properly constituted authority. The very statement of the case, however, inferentially reveals another side of the question. The believer subjects himself to the power when he fulfils the true intent of his calling and office. Paul's own case will... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Romans 13:8-14

A New Year Message Romans 13:8-14 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 the New Year that is about to dawn? Let us think on these for just a few moments. 1. Are we satisfied with the year gone by? Perhaps all would answer, "No" not altogether satisfied. There are none of us but wish we might have done more for God, and also for men. Yet, granting all this, are we... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 13:1-14

A Call To Make Real In The Church And In The World The Righteousness Which They Have Received (12:1-15:33). This section moves from the indicative to the imperative. Having outlined the ways of God in salvation: · in applying to His people the righteousness of Christ (Romans 3:24 to Romans 4:25), · in uniting them with Christ in His death and resurrection (Romans 6:1-11), · in making them righteous within by His Spirit (Romans 8:1-18), · and in having demonstrated God’s sovereign activity in... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 13:11-14

Living In Crisis Days (13:11-14). Paul commenced this section in Romans 12:1-2 with the call to present our bodies as a holy and acceptable living sacrifice, not being conformed to this world, but being transformed by the renewing of our mind. Now he calls on us, in the light of the possibility of Christ’s second coming, to awaken out of sleep, and to cast off the works of darkness and put on the armour of light. Note the parallels. ‘Present your bodies a living sacrifice’ with ‘awaken out of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 13:14

‘But put you on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the flesh, to (fulfil) its lusts.’ Having directed his reader’s thoughts to how they are to respond to God’s light Paul now makes the idea more concrete. They are to ‘put on the LORD Jesus Christ’ Himself. They are to ‘put on His righteousness’ by faith, allowing that righteousness to permeate through them (Romans 3:24-28). They are through Him to reckon on themselves as dead to sin and alive to God, through Jesus Christ our... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 13:11-14

Romans 13:11-2 Chronicles : . Watching for the Day. Romans 13:11-2 Kings : 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 sentences intervenes Romans 13:11 b: “ now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.” The older Roman Christians (see e.g. Romans 16:7), like Paul, had long watched for Christ’ s great day ( 1 Corinthians 1:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, etc.). “... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 13:14

Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ; he exhorted, Romans 13:12, to put on the armour of light; now, to put on Jesus Christ. This is necessary, for though grace may help to defend, yet it is Christ and his righteousness only that can cover us (as a garment doth our nakedness) in the sight of God. To put on Christ, is to receive him and rest upon him by faith; as also to profess and imitate him. You have the same phrase, Galatians 3:27. Make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof:... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Romans 13:13-14

CRITICAL NOTESRomans 13:13.—εὐσχήμων, beautiful and symmetrical. Banquets, drinking feasts. Noisy crowds of drunken men ran dancing and singing through the streets. Lascivious banquets.Romans 13:14. Be clothed.—Exhibit Him both before men and God, both outwardly and inwardly. Put Him on, so that He only may be seen in you. Care of the flesh permitted, but not its lusts. Put on, invest yourselves with, Christ in the exercise of that union with Him which is already yours in possession. Chrysostom... read more

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