11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you (A)to wake from sleep. (B)For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. 12 (C)The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us (D)cast off (E)the works of darkness and (F)put on the armor of light. 13 (G)Let us walk properly as in the daytime, (H)not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, (I)not in quarreling and jealousy. 14 But (J)put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, (K)to gratify its desires.

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Put On Christ

11 Besides this, since you know the time, it is already the hour(A) for you[a] to wake up from sleep,(B) because now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.(C) 12 The night is nearly over, and the day is near;(D) so let us discard the deeds of darkness(E) and put on the armor of light.(F) 13 Let us walk with decency,(G) as in the daytime: not in carousing and drunkenness;(H) not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarreling and jealousy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ,(I) and make no provision for the flesh to gratify its desires.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:11 Other mss read for us