Romans 13:11

American Standard Version (1901)

And 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.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
  • 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak [this] to move you to shame.
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:
  • Luke 21:28 : 28 But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none; 30 and those that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those that buy, as though they possessed not; 31 and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
  • Rev 22:20 : 20 He who testifieth these things saith, Yea: I come quickly. Amen: come, Lord Jesus.
  • Mark 13:35-37 : 35 Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning; 36 lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
  • 1 Thess 5:1-3 : 1 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
  • 1 Thess 5:5-8 : 5 for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness; 6 so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
  • 2 Pet 3:13-15 : 13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight. 15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you;
  • Rev 22:12 : 12 Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.
  • 1 Cor 10:11 : 11 Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.
  • Matt 24:42-44 : 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through. 44 Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
  • Matt 25:5-7 : 5 Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
  • Matt 26:40-41 : 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  • Isa 21:11-12 : 11 The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: turn ye, come.
  • Jonah 1:6 : 6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
  • Matt 16:3 : 3 And in the morning, [It will be] foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot [discern] the signs of the times.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Rom 13:12-13
    2 verses
    83%

    12The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

    13Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.

  • 76%

    4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:

    5for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

    6so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.

    7For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.

    8But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

    9For God appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

    10who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

  • Eph 5:14-17
    4 verses
    75%

    14Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

    15Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

    16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

    17Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

  • 33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

  • 73%

    35Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;

    36lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

    37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

  • 34Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak [this] to move you to shame.

  • 2(for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):

  • 71%

    1But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you.

    2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

  • 7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:

  • 69%

    13But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.

    14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

    15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep.

  • 13Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

  • 69%

    41And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough; the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

    42Arise, let us be going: behold, he that betrayeth me is at hand.

  • 12So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

  • 68%

    39But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through. [

    40Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

  • 33[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

  • 13looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

  • 29even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that he is nigh, [even] at the doors.

  • 14knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me.

  • 5Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

  • 8For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

  • 35Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;

  • 23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever.

  • 9But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak:

  • 11But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in like manner as they.

  • 45Then cometh he to the disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

  • 11Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.

  • 14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

  • 30For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

  • 51Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,

  • 10[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

  • 6But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.

  • 11These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

  • 20For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: