Romans 13:11 · KJV
“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.”
— Romans 13:11
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love {is} the fulfilling of the law.
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.
Romans 13 — Context
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if {there be} any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love {is} the fulfilling of the law.
11And 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.
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. {honestly: or, decently}
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 5:5-8
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. {he: or, it}
Mark 13:35-37
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
1 Corinthians 15:34
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak {this} to your shame.
Matthew 24:42-44
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
2 Peter 3:13-15
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.