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This, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awake out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
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A Call to Spiritual Alertness
Commentators explain that Paul uses the powerful metaphor of waking from sleep to urge believers out of spiritual drowsiness, inactivity, or lukewarmness. This isn't just for non-believers; Christians can also fall into a 'sleep' of carnal security. Paul's message is a call to be spiritually alert and active, recognizing that the 'day' of the gospel has dawned, bringing light and truth.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And that. The word "that" here is connected in meaning with the word "this" in Romans 13:9. The meaning can be expressed this way: All the…
And this (κα τουτο). Either nominative absolute or accusative of general reference, a common idiom for "and that too" ([Reference …
19th Century
Anglican
And that, knowing the time.—And that there is all the more urgent motive for you to do—this law of love, it is the more i…
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Paul sounds a call for alertness. The era between the Christ’s first and second coming is critical, because the promise of his return hovers over b…
16th Century
Protestant
Moreover, etc. He now begins another subject of exhortation: that as the rays of celestial life have begun to shine on us, as it were, at …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And that knowing the time That it is day and not night, the Gospel day, the day of salvation; in which the grace of God s…
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Four things are taught here as a Christian's guide for his day's work. Regarding when to awake: the time is now. We are to awake from the sleep of …
13th Century
Catholic
After showing how a person should behave piously toward God by using his gifts properly and paying his neighbor what is owed, the Apostle now shows…
