But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
Parallel translations
- WEB But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
- KJV But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
- BSB Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
- NASB But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.
- NLT Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.
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Instead, clothe yourself with the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh's desires.
Overview
Paul's positive command is to 'put on' Christ, to live in union with him so that his character increasingly clothes the believer's life. The corresponding negative is to give no foothold to the sinful flesh and its cravings. This summarizes Christian sanctification: depending on Christ and refusing to feed sin, a fitting climax to Romans' exhortation to gospel-shaped living.
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Cross-references · 10
- Eph 4:24and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
- Gal 5:16–17But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.
- Gal 3:27For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
- Gal 5:24Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
- 1 Pet 2:11Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- Col 3:10–12and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,
- Rom 8:12–13So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
- 1 Jn 2:15–17Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.
- Col 3:5–8Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
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