And 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.
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Gill's Exposition
And that knowing the time,.... That it is day and not night, the Gospel day, the day of salvation; in which the grace of God shines forth, like the sun in its meridian glory; life and immortality are…
Barnes' Notes
And that - The word “that,” in this place, is connected in signification with the word ““this” in Rom 13:9. The meaning may be thus expressed: All the requirements of the Law toward our neighbor may…
Adam Clarke
And that, knowing the time - Dr. Taylor has given a judicious paraphrase of this and the following verses: "And all the duties of a virtuous and holy life we should the more carefully and zealously…
We are here taught a lesson of sobriety and godliness in ourselves. Our main care must be to look to ourselves. Four things we are here taught, as a Christian's directory for his day's work: when to…
Cambridge Bible
Christian practice: duty enforced by the prospect of the Lord's Return
11. And that, &c. In this last section of the chapter, St Paul enforces all the preceding precepts (of cch. 12, 13) by the solemn…
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