“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.”
The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. — Nux (night) is progressing (prokoptō, advance, wear forward) toward hēmera (day). This apocalyptic imagery (Isaiah 59:17) suggests the night of the present age (aion) is near its end, and Christ's parousia (coming) dawns. Erga (deeds, works) of darkness (skotia) are removed (apotithēmi); hopla (weapons, armor) of light (phōs) are worn (enduō). Light represents truth, moral purity, divine order.
Church Fathers on Romans 13:12
“The night is far spent, the day is at hand.” If then this is upon ending, and the latter is drawing near, let us henceforth do what belongs to the latter, not to the former. For this is what is done in the things of this life. And when we see the night pressing on towards the morning, and hear the swallow twittering, we each of us awake our neighbor, although it be night still. But so soon as it is actually departing, we hasten one another, and say It is day now! And we all…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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