Romans 13:11-14
New International Version
The Day Is Near
11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come(A) for you to wake up from your slumber,(B) because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here.(C) So let us put aside the deeds of darkness(D) and put on the armor(E) of light. 13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness,(F) not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.(G) 14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ,(H) and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.[a](I)
Footnotes
- 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.
2 Chronicles 7:13-22
New International Version
13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain,(A) or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name,(B) will humble(C) themselves and pray and seek my face(D) and turn(E) from their wicked ways, then I will hear(F) from heaven, and I will forgive(G) their sin and will heal(H) their land. 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.(I) 16 I have chosen(J) and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
17 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully(K) as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees(L) and laws, 18 I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted(M) with David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor(N) to rule over Israel.’(O)
19 “But if you[a] turn away(P) and forsake(Q) the decrees and commands I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot(R) Israel from my land,(S) which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule(T) among all peoples. 21 This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[c] who pass by will be appalled(U) and say,(V) ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ 22 People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them(W)—that is why he brought all this disaster on them.’”
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew is plural.
- 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew is plural.
- 2 Chronicles 7:21 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now so imposing, all
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