Romans 13:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Night

Song of Songs 2:17

1 John 2:8

Cast

1 Peter 2:1

Works

General references

Mark 13:33

Bible References

Night

Until the day, breathe, and the shadows, be lengthened, Again, liken thyself, my beloved, to a gazelle, or to a young stag, upon the cleft mountains. ****

Again, a new commandment, am I writing unto you, - which thing is true, in him and in you, because, the darkness, is passing away, and, the real light, already is shining.

Cast

In that day shall the son of earth cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, - which had been made for him to worship, into the hole of the mice, and to the bats;

Then will ye defile - The overlaying of thy graven images of silver, And the coating of thy molten image, of gold, - Thou wilt cash them away, as a woman the token of her sickness, Begone! shalt thou say thereto,

Cast off from you all your transgressions which ye have committed against me, And make you a new heart; And a new spirit,- For why should ye die, O house of Israel?

That ye were to strip off - as regardeth the former behaviour - the old man, who corrupteth himself according to his deceitful covetings,

But, now, do, ye also, put them all away, - anger, wrath, baseness, defamation, shameful talk out of your mouth:

Wherefore, putting away all filthiness and overflow of baseness, in meekness, welcome ye the word fitted for inward growth, which is able to save your souls:

Putting away, therefore, all vice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envyings and all detractions,

Works

With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like a thief.

And, this, is the judgment: That, the light, hath come into the world, - and men loved, rather the darkness than the light, for, wicked, were their, works.

And be not joining in fellowship in the unfruitful works of darkness, but, rather, be even administering reproof;

For, all ye, are, sons of light, and sons of day, - we are not of night, nor of darkness:

And this is the message which we have heard from him, and are reporting unto you, - that, God, is, light, and in him is, no darkness at all.

Again, a new commandment, am I writing unto you, - which thing is true, in him and in you, because, the darkness, is passing away, and, the real light, already is shining.

General references

Be taking heed, be watching, for ye know not, when, the season is: -