Romans 13:12 Cross References

Romans 13:12

12: The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So don't live in darkness. Get rid of your evil deeds. Shed them like dirty clothes. Clothe yourselves with the armor of right living, as those who live in the light.

Ezekiel 18:31

  1. Put all your rebellion behind you, and get for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel?
  2. I don't want you to die, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn back and live!

Ephesians 5:11

  1. Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, rebuke and expose them.

2 Corinthians 6:7

  1. We have faithfully preached the truth. God's power has been working in us. We have righteousness as our weapon, both to attack and to defend ourselves.

Isaiah 30:22

  1. Then you will destroy all your silver idols and gold images. You will throw them out like filthy rags. "Ugh!" you will say to them. "Begone!"

James 1:21

  1. So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the message God has planted in your hearts, for it is strong enough to save your souls.

Colossians 3:8

  1. But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language.
  2. Don't lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old evil nature and all its wicked deeds.
  3. In its place you have clothed yourselves with a brand-new nature that is continually being renewed as you learn more and more about Christ, who created this new nature within you.
  4. In this new life, it doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.
  5. Since God chose you to be the holy people whom he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

Ephesians 4:22

  1. throw off your old evil nature and your former way of life, which is rotten through and through, full of lust and deception.

The Song of Songs 2:17

  1. Before the dawn comes and the shadows flee away, come back to me, my love. Run like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains.

John 3:19

  1. Their judgment is based on this fact: The light from heaven came into the world, but they loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.
  2. They hate the light because they want to sin in the darkness. They stay away from the light for fear their sins will be exposed and they will be punished.
  3. But those who do what is right come to the light gladly, so everyone can see that they are doing what God wants."

Ephesians 6:11

  1. Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies and tricks of the Devil.
  2. For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms.
  3. Use every piece of God's armor to resist the enemy in the time of evil, so that after the battle you will still be standing firm.
  4. Stand your ground, putting on the sturdy belt of truth and the body armor of God's righteousness.
  5. For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News, so that you will be fully prepared.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

  1. For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don't belong to darkness and night.
  2. So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be sober.
  3. Night is the time for sleep and the time when people get drunk.
  4. But let us who live in the light think clearly, protected by the body armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation.

1 John 2:8

  1. Yet it is also new. This commandment is true in Christ and is true among you, because the darkness is disappearing and the true light is already shining.
  2. If anyone says, "I am living in the light," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is still living in darkness.

Romans 13:14

  1. But let the Lord Jesus Christ take control of you, and don't think of ways to indulge your evil desires.

Revelation 22:10

  1. Then he instructed me, "Do not seal up the prophetic words you have written, for the time is near.

1 Peter 2:1

  1. So get rid of all malicious behavior and deceit. Don't just pretend to be good! Be done with hypocrisy and jealousy and backstabbing.

Isaiah 2:20

  1. They will abandon their gold and silver idols to the moles and bats.

Job 24:14

  1. The murderer rises in the early dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night he is a thief.
  2. The adulterer waits for the twilight, for he says, `No one will see me then.' He masks his face so no one will know him.
  3. They break into houses at night and sleep in the daytime. They are not acquainted with the light.
  4. The black night is their morning. They ally themselves with the terrors of the darkness.

1 John 1:5

  1. This is the message he has given us to announce to you: God is light and there is no darkness in him at all.
  2. So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness. We are not living in the truth.
  3. But if we are living in the light of God's presence, just as Christ is, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from every sin.

Revelation 1:3

  1. God blesses the one who reads this prophecy to the church, and he blesses all who listen to it and obey what it says. For the time is near when these things will happen.
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