thereof. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, ουκετι μετριαζοντες, αλλα τον Ταρκυνιον εκεινον ενδυομενοι. Every one then who wishes to satisfy the desires of the flesh, must necessarily not only fall into, but be immerged in a vast and deep gulf. It is then to be suppressed, not as a religion, but as a public nuisance. be as he was. 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. 1:14, 15). We are to be Christ centered. Romans 13:14 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. He therefore warns his readers not to give their thoughts to such things. поÑ
оÑи См. The command to obey magistrates is, from its nature, a command to obey them as magistrates in the exercise of their rightful authority. The idea is for Christ to shine through them, thereby revealing themselves as ‘of the day’. ', And make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof. Romans 13:14, ESV: "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires." Here the thought is that we ourselves are to take the weapons (principles?) "A literary parallel to this use of "put on" is quoted from Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 115, where "to put on Tarquin" means to play the part of Tarquin." Earlier, Paul admonished, “Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. This those are guilty of, who are always indulging in delights and voluptuousness. Previously we believed on Jesus, now we are to orient to Him on as we live our daily lives. Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ; clothe yourselves with his character and spirit. Romans 13:14 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Romans 13:14, NIV: "Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh." You might travel to places you have always wanted to see. In the summer of 386, a young man wept in the backyard of a friend. This verse suggests, that sin can often be avoided, if we refuse to "give" the flesh any extra room. Romans 13:14. In Romans 13:8-14, Paul proposes a radically different response to a similar type of deadline—one every Christian must face. . The nearness of eternity should operate on all Christians as a motive to purity and devotedness to God. Where unfaithfulness on the part of the government exists, or where the form of it is incompatible with the design of its institution, the governed must have a right to remedy the evil. (1-7) Exhortations to mutual love. While its holy and benign principles secure the ultimate abolition of all iniquitous government, the reverence which it teaches for magistracy, under whatever form, as a divine institution, secures the loyalty and peaceableness of its disciples amid all the turbulence and distractions of civil society, and makes it the highest interest of all States to welcome it within their pale, as in this, as well as every other sense, 'the salt of the earth, the light of the world.'. Finally, Ryrie has this note regarding verse 16, "The 'holy kiss' (Paul’s term, Rom. That may involve such things as keeping the television off when suggestive programmes are on, and avoiding going to places where we know that there will be temptations. What extent of ground this exception covers, ever has been, and probably will ever remain a matter of dispute. We do not put on the dirty clothes that originate in our sin capacity, because that violates the Lord. Imagine how you would feel if you were told that you had only a few months to live. Co 3: 12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. That they might not mistake his meaning concerning the decent clothing which he exhorts them to walk in, he immediately explains himself by the use of a common form of speech, and says, still following his metaphor, Put on the Lord Jesus Christ - receive his doctrine, copy his example, and seek the things which belong to another life; for the Gentiles thought of little else than making provision for the flesh or body, to gratify its animal desires and propensities. The night is far spent, the day is at hand; now is our salvation nearer than when we believed, Romans 13:13, Romans 13:14. In both cases vital fellowship is meant, but each step in the growing conformity to Christ is a new putting on of Him, so that we present Him, not ourselves, in our conduct. of Christ and make them part of our fighting-gear. It has thus, without rebellion or violent convulsions, curbed the exercise of despotic power, and wrought the abolition of slavery throughout the greater part of Christendom, Romans 13:1-14. 13:14 But 235 put ye on 1746 5669 the Lord 2962 Jesus 2424 Christ 5547, and 2532 make 4160 5732 not 3361 provision 4307 for 1519 the flesh 4561, to [fulfil] the lusts 1939 [thereof]. How far the rightful authority of rulers extends, the precise point at which the obligation to obedience ceases, must often be a difficult question; and each case must be decided on its own merits. But (to sum up all in one word), put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ - in such wise that Christ only may be seen in you (see 2 Corinthians 3:3; Galatians 3:27; Ephesians 4:24); And make not provision, [ pronoian (Greek #4307) mee (Greek #3361) poieisthe (Greek #4160)] - 'take not forethought,' to [fulfill] the lusts [thereof] : q.d, 'Direct none of your attention to the cravings of your corrupt nature, how you may provide for their gratification.' The idea is to endue ourselves with Christ. They are through Him to reckon on themselves as dead to sin and alive to God, through Jesus Christ our LORD (Romans 6:11). (4) In virtue of 'the expulsive power of a new and more powerful affection,' the great secret of persevering holiness in all manner of conversation will be found to be "Christ IN US, the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27), and Christ ON US, as the character in which alone we shall be able to shine before men (2 Corinthians 3:3). THE CONTEXT. Your email address will not be published. Put him on as your Redeemer and ultimate Glorifier. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, i.e. In favor of this may be urged, the emphatic position of ‘flesh’ in the original; its usual sense in this Epistle, and the contrast with putting on Christ Jesus. Taking the flesh as it is, forethought or provision for it—an interest in it which consults for it, and makes it an object—can only have one end, viz., its . They are to ‘put on His righteousness’ by faith, allowing that righteousness to permeate through them (Romans 3:24-28). The clothing here is the Lord Himself. In one sense every believer puts on Jesus Christ when he or she trusts Him as... E.W. This means we can no longer be a slave to our sinful nature. People make "forethought" for the flesh, when they allow their minds to wander and dwell on sinful thoughts. They make "forethought" for the flesh when they allow themselves to hold on to resentment, hate, bitterness, and self-pity. This is evident, first, from the very nature of the case. 14.Put ye on’ Christ—Let him be buckled on to your body and soul as all armour, Romans 13:12; let him be invested upon you as a dress instead of wanton attire, Romans 13:13. To put on, is a metaphor used in the Scripture; as when it is said, put on the new man, &c. And make not provision for the flesh in its concupiscenses. To justify the interference of the civil government, therefore, in any given case, with these important subjects, an exception must be made out. A life of luxury and self-indulgence is apt to excite those fleshly impulses which the Christian should try rather to mortify. This means we can no longer be a slave to our sinful nature. Grant's Verse-by-Verse Logos Bible Software. You might try to cram a lifetime into those last days. We belong to Christ; there is no option about that. But the principle of all such acts is the Spirit of Christ dwelling in us (chaps. 5. (Galatians 3:27.). That is more readily acknowledged to be from God than these. We put on the Lord Jesus at salvation (Ga 3:27) but we also put Him on again when we walk in spirituality. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.. Verse 14 deals with building a platform for the sin capacity to execute its desires.. 14 But . Make not provision for the flesh.âTake no thought for the flesh, so as to supply a stimulus to its lusts. It must be shown that an opinion or a religion is not only false, but that its prevalence is incompatible with the rights of those members of the community who are not embraced within its communion, before the civil authority can be authorized to interfere for its suppression. 4. Avoid those who cause division (Romans 16:17-23) The sense then is, make such provision for the flesh, as shall not fulfil its lusts. WORD AND PHRASE STUDY ÷ROMANS 13:8-10 Power, in the singular number, is the supreme authority; powers are they who are invested with it. ch6; 2 Timothy 2:22; 1 Peter 2:11). Paul counseled submission to human government and love for all people while we actively wait for our Lord to appear. Flesh is taken in the strictly ethical sense; the meaning will then be: make no provision whatever for the flesh (the depraved nature), so as to fulfil its lusts, and also because such provision would fulfil them. Even heathens have said, that a few things suffice nature, but that the appetites of men are insatiable. No command to do anything morally wrong can be binding; nor can any which transcends the rightful authority of the power whence it emanates. Comparing this with Galatians 5:16-24. Romans 13:14 REV and Commentary - But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think ahead about the flesh—how to fulf - Bible verse As he sat, he heard children playing a game and they called out to each other these words: “Take up and read! Still it is to be remembered, that it is an exception; religion and morality, as such, are not within the legitimate sphere of the civil authority. It is to inquire too curiously if we inquire whether here is used in the physiological sense = the body, or in the moral sense = libidinosa caro (as Fritzsche argues): the significance of the word in Paul depends on the fact that in experience these two meanings are indubitably if not inseparably related. However in another sense we put Him on when we dedicate ourselves to Him as our lord ( Romans 12:1). See Romans 1:24. The apostle affirms it of both. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes. But put ye on - Compare Galatians 3:17. Romans 13:14. That this night is nearly at an end, the night is far spent. поÑÑнение к 7:5. 15 sWewhoarestrongthaveanobligationtobearwiththefailingsoftheweak,andnottopleaseourselves.2 uLet… to . Paul is using the day/night metaphor here, but he switches them, and the night is far spent. So invest and identify yourselves with the spirit of Christ as to reproduce it in your outward walk and conduct. 16:16) was an expression of Christian love and was apparently restricted to one’s own sex." (1 Corinthians 15:33), 3. 2:3. And make not provision for the flesh — To raise foolish and sinful desires in your hearts, or, when they are raised already, to devise means to gratify them. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Romans 13:8-14 EXEGESIS: ROMANS 12-15. And in so doing they are so to arrange their lives in such a way that they are kept free from anything which could arouse the desires of their sinful natures, making no provision for them in any way. a. Compare note on Romans 13:12. Romans 12:1-8 Christ Brings New Life. He exhorts them to this that they may walk honestly, decently habited; and not spend their time, waste their substance, destroy their lives, and ruin their souls in such iniquitous practices as those which he immediately specifies. It may involve avoiding much of what is on the internet. It would not be difficult to understand why you would want to spend your last days indulging yourself. is only the beginning of our new life in Christ, and we learn and apply the teaching of Christ to the totality of all we do. (2.) marginal references. The phrase to “put on” a person, which seems a harsh... Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable. Let him be buckled on to your body and soul as all armour. He considers the Gospel as now visiting the Gentiles, and the light of a glorious day about to shine forth on them. . Literally unto (App-104.) ; let him be invested upon you as a dress instead of wanton attire. Romans 13:8-10 Love Your Neighbor. 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The apostle does not say, “Put on purity and sobriety, peacefulness and benevolence;” but he says all this, and a thousand times more, at once, in saying, Put on Christ. What that rightful authority is, must be determined by the institutions and laws of the land, or from prescription and usage, or from the nature and design of the office with which the magistrate is invested. But the Christian life is not exhausted in this act, which is rather the starting-point for a putting on of Christ in the ethical sense, a “clothing of the soul in the moral disposition and habits of Christ” (Gifford); or as the Apostle himself puts it in Romans 6:11, a reckoning of ourselves to be dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Secondly, from the fact that the same inspired men who enjoin, in such general terms, obedience to rulers, themselves uniformly and openly disobeyed them whenever their commands were inconsistent with other and higher obligations. 2. Romans 13:14 English Standard Version (ESV). The discharge of all the social and civil duties of life is to the Christian a matter of religious obligation, Romans 13:5-7. All should look upward to Him who has the residue of the Spirit, that his heavenly influence may descend in copious effusions, and the evils of sin become as the frosts of winter on the approach of spring, and vanish as darkness before the light of day. The duty of subjection to governors. (1.) These relationships are connected to the social setting of the community (13:13-14), and they are understood in terms of the new aeon that started with the death and resurrection of Christ (13:11). The gospel is equally hostile to tyranny and anarchy. You might do things for which you had never found the time before. 14. As long as we carry about us our flesh, we cannot cast away every care for it; for though our conversation is in heaven, we yet sojourn on earth. In the first part of Romans 13, Paul addresses what those in the Christian community owe the civil authorities. Romans 12:17-21 Repay No One Evil For Evil. 1. They are to so submit themselves to Him that what He is might shine and operate through them. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. Olympas: a Roman Christian whom Paul salutes (Rom. "A literary parallel to this use of "put on" is quoted from Dionysius of Halicarnassus, We make ourselves part of Christ in baptism (, Here the thought is that we ourselves are to take the weapons (principles?) Every time we perform an ethical act of this kind we put on the Lord Jesus Christ more fully. Hilda Bright and Keith Simons. Romans 13:14 Context. And, therefore, as there are few greater evils than instability and uncertainty in governments, the cases in which revolutions are justifiable must be exceedingly rare, Romans 13:3-7. "We ought to obey God rather than men," was the principle which the early Christians avowed, and on which they acted. And make not provision for the flesh, etc.