11 translations · Greek

Romans 13:14

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

World English Bible

Romans 13:14 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
KJV King James Version
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
ASV American Standard Version
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
LSV Literal Standard Version
but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and take no forethought for the flesh—for desires.
FBV Free Bible Version
Instead put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and forget about following your sinful desires.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought — for desires.
DBY Darby Translation
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take forethought for the flesh to [fulfil its] lusts.
WBT Webster’s Bible
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the lusts of flesh.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh in its concupiscences.

The Greek words

Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
ἀλλὰ alla Instead G235 ἀλλά but
ἐνδύσασθε endysasthe clothe yourselves with G1746 ἐνδύω to put on
τὸν ton the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
Κύριον Kyrion Lord G2962 κύριος lord: God
Ἰησοῦν Iēsoun Jesus G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus
Χριστόν Christon Christ G5547 Χριστός Christ
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
τῆς tēs of the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
σαρκὸς sarkos flesh G4561 σάρξ flesh
πρόνοιαν pronoian provision G4307 πρόνοια foresight
μὴ mē no G3361 μή not
ποιεῖσθε poieisthe make G4160 ποιέω to do/make: do
εἰς eis for G1519 εἰς toward
ἐπιθυμίας epithymias [the] desires G1939 ἐπιθυμία desire
  • Ephesians 4:24

    and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

  • Galatians 5:16–17

    But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

  • Galatians 3:27

    For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

  • 1 Peter 2:11

    Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

  • Galatians 5:24

    Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

  • Colossians 3:10–12

    and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator, where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all. Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

  • Romans 8:12–13

    So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

  • Colossians 3:5–8

    Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; for which things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience. You also once walked in those, when you lived in them; …

  • 1 John 2:15–17

    Don’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. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s. The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.

  • Job 29:14

    I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

12 The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.

13 Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

Read all of Romans 13 in the World English Bible.

Edition and source notes

Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.

Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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