Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
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Gill's Exposition
And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be,.... The sower, for instance, does not take a stalk of wheat in its blade, and ear, and full corn in the ear, encompassed with the…
Barnes' Notes
Awake to righteousness - See the note on Rom 13:11. The word here translated “awake” denotes, properly, to awake up from a deep sleep or torpor; and is usually applied to those who awake, or become…
Adam Clarke
Awake to righteousness - Shake off your slumber; awake fully, thoroughly, δικαιως, as ye ought to do: so the word should be rendered; not awake to righteousness. Be in earnest; do not trifle with God,…
In this passage the apostle establishes the truth of the resurrection of the dead, the holy dead, the dead in Christ,
I. On the resurrection of Christ. 1. Because he is indeed the first-fruits of…
Cambridge Bible
Awake to righteousness The word here translated -Awake" signifies to arise from the stupefaction of a slumber produced by overindulgence (cf. ch. 1Co 6:11; 1Co 12:2). The word translated -to…
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