Romans 13:11

World English Bible (2000)

Do 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.

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  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
  • Luke 21:28 : 28 But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near."
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none; 30 and those who weep, as though they didn't weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn't rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn't possess; 31 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
  • Rev 22:20 : 20 He who testifies these things says, "Yes, I come quickly." Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.
  • Mark 13:35-37 : 35 Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning; 36 lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping. 37 What I tell you, I tell all: Watch."
  • 1 Thess 5:1-3 : 1 But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you. 2 For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. 3 For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.
  • 1 Thess 5:5-8 : 5 You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness, 6 so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunk are drunk in the night. 8 But let us, since we belong to 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, in which righteousness dwells. 14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without blemish and blameless in his sight. 15 Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;
  • Rev 22:12 : 12 "Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.
  • 1 Cor 10:11 : 11 Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
  • Matt 24:42-44 : 42 Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.
  • Matt 25:5-7 : 5 Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 6 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!' 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
  • Matt 26:40-41 : 40 He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour? 41 Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
  • Isa 21:11-12 : 11 The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, "Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?" 12 The watchman said, "The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again."
  • Jonah 1:6 : 6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won't perish."
  • Matt 16:3 : 3 In the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs of the times!

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    12 The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let's therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let's put on the armor of light.

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  • 1 Thess 5:4-10
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    4 But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.

    5 You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness,

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

    7 For those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunk are drunk in the night.

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

    9 For God didn't appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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

  • Eph 5:14-17
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    14 Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

    15 Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

    16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

    17 Therefore don't be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

  • Mark 13:33
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    33 Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.

  • Mark 13:35-37
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    35 Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;

    36 lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

    37 What I tell you, I tell all: Watch."

  • 1 Cor 15:34
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    34 Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

  • 2 Cor 6:2
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    1 But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.

    2 For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

  • 1 Pet 4:7
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    7 But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

  • 1 Thess 4:13-15
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    13 But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

    14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

    15 For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.

  • 1 Pet 1:13
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  • Mark 14:41-42
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    41 He came the third time, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

    42 Arise, let us be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."

  • Phil 2:12
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    12 So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

  • Luke 12:39-40
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    39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.

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    33 a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

  • Titus 2:13
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  • Mark 13:29
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    29 even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

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    5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

  • Eph 5:8
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    8 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

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  • Ps 44:23
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    23 Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don't reject us forever.

  • Heb 6:9
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    9 But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.

  • Acts 15:11
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    11 But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are."

  • Matt 26:45
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    45 Then he came to his disciples, and said to 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.

  • Heb 4:11
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    11 Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.

  • 2 Pet 3:14
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    14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without blemish and blameless in his sight.

  • 1 Cor 11:30
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    30 For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

  • 1 Cor 15:51
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    51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

  • Prov 6:10
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    10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

  • Matt 25:6
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    6 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'

  • John 11:11
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    11 He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep."

  • Phil 3:20
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    20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;