Romans 13:13-14 - Exposition

As in the day, let us walk honestly , and of the things done in secret of which it is a shame to speak; cf. Ephesians 5:11 , Ephesians 5:12 ); not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying ( rather, jealousy, denoting jealous wrath, cf. Acts 13:45 ). But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ . The figure of a new investment being renewed from Ephesians 5:12 , it is here Christ himself who is to be put on. So also Galatians 3:27 . For the idea implied, of. Ephesians 4:23 , Ephesians 4:24 ; Colossians 3:12 ; ch. 8:9, 10; 1 Corinthians 6:15 , 1 Corinthians 6:17 . " Induere autem Christum hic significat virtute Spiritus ejus undique nos muniri, qua idonei ad omnes sanctitatis partes reddamur. Sic enim instauratur in nobis imago Dei, quae unicum est animae ornamentum " (Calvin). It may be observed that in Galatians 3:27 Christians are said to have already put on Christ in their baptism; here they are exhorted still to do so. There is no real contradiction; they are but exhorted to realize in actual life the meaning of their baptism. And make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof (literally, unto lusts ) .