Romans 13:11 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 13:11

And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed.

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And that - The word “that,” in this place, is connected in signification with the word ““this” in Rom 13:9. The meaning may be thus expressed: All the requirements of the Law toward our neighbor may be met by two things: one is Rom 13:9-10 by love; the other is Rom 13:11-14 by remembering that we are near to eternity; keeping a deep sense of “this” truth before the mind. “This” will prompt to a life of honesty, truth, and peace, and contentment, Rom 13:

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The apostle therefore, for the obviating of this reproach and the clearing of Christianity from it, shows that obedience to civil magistrates is one of the laws of Christ, whose religion helps to make people good subjects; and it was very unjust to charge upon Christianity that faction and rebellion to which its principles and rules are so directly contrary.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 857: “Timely Reflections” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1868)

BUT what "salvation" is this? The question is important because we very commonly speak of "salvation" as that state of Divine Grace into which everyone that believes in Jesus is introduced when he passes from death unto life, being delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of God's dear Son. This sweet assurance we celebrate in our hymns of praise— "The moment a sinner believes And trusts in His crucified God, His pardon at once he receives, Redemption in full through His blood."

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

(1878)

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
τοῦτο	touto	this	G3778 →
εἰδότες	eidotes	knowing
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
καιρόν,	kairon	time,	G2540 →
ὅτι	hoti	that [it is the]	G3754 →
ὥρα	hōra	hour	G5610 →
ἤδη	ēdē	already	G2235 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	[for] you	G4771 →
ἐξ	ex	out of	G1537 →
ὕπνου	hupnou	sleep	G5258 →
ἐγερθῆναι·	egerthēnai	to awaken;	G1453 →
νῦν	nun	now	G3568 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἐγγύτερον	enguteron	nearer	G1452 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	[is] of us	G3165 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
σωτηρία	sōtēria	salvation	G4991 →
ἢ	ē	than	G2228 →
ὅτε	hote	when first	G3753 →
ἐπιστεύσαμεν·	episteusamen	we believed;	G4100 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ephesians 5:14
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
leads to
- Isaiah 60:1
  Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- Romans 13:11–12
  And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
- Isaiah 26:19
  Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her…
- 1 Thessalonians 5:6
  So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
- Isaiah 52:1
  Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
Through
1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
leads to
- James 5:8–9
  You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
- 1 Peter 1:13
  Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- 2 Timothy 4:5
  But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.