“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”
Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh. — Endyō (clothe, put on) Kyrios Iēsous Christos suggests Jesus is the believer's identity-garment, the eschatological covering. The flesh (sarx) in Paul typically means the self-centered, impulse-driven nature (not the body itself). Pronoia (forethought, planning) for sarx (flesh) desires is explicitly forbidden—the mind must be reoriented toward Christ, not concupiscence (desires). This returns to 12:2's renewal of mind.
Church Fathers on Romans 13:14
“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.” He no longer speaks of works, but he rouses them to greater things. For when he was speaking of vice, he mentioned the works of it: but when of virtue, he speaks not of works, but of arms, to show that virtue puts him that is possessed of it into complete safety, and complete brightness. And even here he does not pause, but leading his discourse on to what was greater, a thing far more awestriking; he gives us the Lord Himself for a…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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