Six ways to encounter God here
A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Romans 13:11, and Living Bread opens it right there.
Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.
The web of Scripture around it
Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 12 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
- 1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
- Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
- 1 Corinthians 15:34
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
- Mark 13:35
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
- Matthew 24:42
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:1
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
- 2 Peter 3:13
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
- Revelation 22:20
He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
- Luke 21:28
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
- Revelation 22:12
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
- Matthew 25:5
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
More to meet God in Romans
How it points to Christ
Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.