JMNT(i)
11 This also – being folks having seen and thus knowing the season (the fit of the situation; the appointed fertile moment) –
that [
it is]
by this time (or: already)
an hour to be aroused (or: awakened)
out of sleep, for now our rescue (our deliverance; our wholeness, health and salvation) [
is]
closer than when we came to trust (or: we believed with faith and conviction).
12 The night advances, and the day has approached and is presently near. We should put, then, the acts of the Darkness (works from the realm of the shadows; actions that belong to dimness and obscurity)
away from ourselves (or: take off and put away the deeds pertaining to darkness; = ignorance; that which was before the light arrived),
and clothe ourselves with the instruments (tools; weapons; implements; [some MSS: works; deeds])
of Light (or: The Light).
13 As within [
the]
Day, we should (may; can)
walk about (= live our lives)
respectably (reputably; decently; with good form; mannerly; pleasing to look upon; presentably) –
not in festive processions (or: orgies; revelries; excessive feastings; carousing)
and collective drunkenness (intoxications);
nor in beds (i.e., sexual interludes)
and outrageous behaviors (vice; loose conduct; indecencies);
not in strife (or: contentious disposition)
and in jealousy (or: envy) –
14 but rather, you folks must clothe yourselves with (or: enter within and put on)
the Lord, Jesus Christ, and stop (or: do not continue)
making forethought (constructing provision; planning ahead; performing provident care)
into excessive desires of the flesh (= into rushing upon emotions which pertain to the inner self or the estranged humanity; = into the setting of feelings and longings upon something of the human nature that is oriented to the System).