11And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.


In Context

8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.

9 The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

10 Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

11 And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

Romans 13:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:11And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:11And that knowing the season; that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:11And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:11This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that we should be aroused out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:11And this, knowing the season, that now it is high time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:11And this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:11Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:11And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already is to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer is our salvation than when we did believe;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.