KJV: But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
YLT: but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought -- for desires.
Darby: But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take forethought for the flesh to fulfil its lusts.
ASV: But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof .
| ἐνδύσασθε | put on |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Imperative Middle, 2nd Person Plural Root: ἐνδύω Sense: to sink into (clothing), put on, clothe one’s self. |
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| Κύριον | Lord |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: κύριος Sense: he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord. |
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| Ἰησοῦν | Jesus |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: Ἰησοῦς Sense: Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses’ successor. |
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| Χριστόν | Christ |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: Χριστός Sense: Christ was the Messiah, the Son of God. |
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| τῆς | of the |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| σαρκὸς | flesh |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: σάρξ Sense: flesh (the soft substance of the living body, which covers the bones and is permeated with blood) of both man and beasts. |
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| πρόνοιαν | provision |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: πρόνοια Sense: forethought, providential care. |
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| ποιεῖσθε | make |
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Parse: Verb, Present Imperative Middle, 2nd Person Plural Root: ποιέω Sense: to make. |
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| ἐπιθυμίας | desires |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Plural Root: ἐπιθυμία Sense: desire, craving, longing, desire for what is forbidden, lust. |
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Greek Commentary for Romans 13:14
The same metaphor as in Romans 13:12. The Lord Jesus Christ is the garment that we all need. See note on Galatians 3:27 with baptism as the symbol. [source]
Old word for forethought (from προνοος pronoos). In N.T. only here and Acts 24:2. For the flesh (της σαρκος tēs sarkos). Objective genitive. To fulfil the lusts thereof “For lusts.” No verb. [source]
Objective genitive. [source]
“For lusts.” No verb. [source]
Etymologically akin to take thought for, in 13:17. [source]
In the moral sense: the depraved nature. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Romans 13:14
The phrase only here and Romans 13:14. The figurative use of the verb occurs only once in the Gospels, Luke 24:49, but often in Paul, 1 Corinthians 15:53; Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10, Colossians 3:12, etc. Chrysostom (Hom. xiii. on Ephesians) remarks, “We say of friends, one puts on the other, meaning thereby much love and unceasing fellowship.” In lxx quite often in the figurative sense, as Judges 6:34; 1 Chronicles 12:18; 2 Chronicles 6:41; Job 8:22; Job 29:14; Psalm 108:1-13:18. Similarly in class., Plato, Rep. 620, of Thersites putting on the form of a monkey: Xen. Cyr. ii. 1,13, of insinuating one's self into the minds of hearers. So the Lat. induere: Cicero, De Off. iii. 10,43, to assume the part of a judge: Tac. Ann. xvi. 28, to take on the part of a traitor or enemy. To put on Christ implies making his character, feelings and works our own. Thus Chrysostom: “If Christ is Son of God, and thou hast put him on, having the Son in thyself and being made like unto him, thou hast been brought into one family and one nature.” And again: “He who is clothed appears to be that with which he is clothed.” [source]
First aorist middle indicative of ενδυω enduō As a badge or uniform of service like that of the soldier. This verb is common in the sense of putting on garments (literally and metaphorically as here). See further in Paul (Romans 13:14; Colossians 3:9.; Ephesians 4:22-24; Ephesians 6:11, Ephesians 6:14). In 1 Thessalonians 5:8 Paul speaks of “putting on the breastplate of righteousness.” He does not here mean that one enters into Christ and so is saved by means of baptism after the teaching of the mystery religions, but just the opposite. We are justified by faith in Christ, not by circumcision or by baptism. But baptism was the public profession and pledge, the soldier‘s sacramentum, oath of fealty to Christ, taking one‘s stand with Christ, the symbolic picture of the change wrought by faith already (Romans 6:4-6). [source]
First aorist middle participle (in causal sense as before) of ενδυνω endunō old and common verb (Latin induo, English endue) for putting on a garment. Used of putting on Christ (Galatians 3:27; Romans 13:14). [source]