KJV King James Version
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Romans 13:14
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
WEB World English Bible
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
ASV American Standard Version
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought—for desires.
Surrounding context — Romans 13
11 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.
12 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.
13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἀλλ᾽G235 · allabutἐνδύσασθεG1746 · enduōto put onτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoκύριονG2962 · kurioslord: GodἸησοῦνG2424 · IēsousJesusΧριστὸνG5547 · ChristosChristκαὶG2532 · kaiandτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoσαρκὸςG4561 · sarxfleshπρόνοιανG4307 · pronoiaforesightμὴG3361 · mēnotποιεῖσθεG4160 · poieōto do/make: doεἰςG1519 · eistowardἐπιθυμίας.¶G1939 · epithumiadesire
Cross-references
Ephesians 4:24And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.Galatians 5:16-17[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.Galatians 3:27For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.Galatians 5:24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.1 Peter 2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;Colossians 3:10-12And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:Romans 8:12-13Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.1 John 2:15-17Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.Colossians 3:5-8Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
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