Romans 13
1 Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,
2 so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.
3 For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and dost thou wish not to be afraid of the authority? that which is good be doing, and thou shalt have praise from it,
4 for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.
5 Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience,
6 for because of this also pay ye tribute; for servants of God they are, on this very thing attending continually;
7 render, therefore, to all their dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.
8 To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other — law he hath fulfilled,
9 for, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'
10 the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, is the fulness of law.
11 And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already is to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer is our salvation than when we did believe;
12 the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;
13 as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;
14 but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought — for desires.
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- 1Tit 3:1, 1Pe 2:13–17, Dan 2:21, Jhn 19:11, Pro 8:15–16, Jer 27:5–8, Jud 1:8, Dan 5:18–23
- 21Pe 2:13, Tit 3:1, Jas 3:1, Rom 13:5, Mrk 12:40, Luk 20:47, Mat 23:13, Jer 23:8–17
- 3Ecc 10:4–6, 1Pe 2:13–14, Pro 14:35, Pro 20:2, Deu 25:1, 1Pe 3:13–14, Jer 22:15–18, Rom 13:4
- 4Rom 12:19, 2Ch 19:6, Pro 24:23–24, Pro 20:2, Pro 16:14, Rom 13:6, Psa 82:2–4, 1Th 4:6
- 51Pe 2:19, Act 24:16, Ecc 8:2, 1Pe 2:13–15, 1Sa 24:5–6, Tit 3:1–2, Heb 13:18, 1Pe 3:16
- 6Mat 22:17–21, Luk 20:21–26, Luk 23:2, Mrk 12:14–17, Mat 17:24–27, 1Ch 18:14, Neh 5:4, Job 29:7–17
- 7Luk 20:25, Pro 24:21, 1Pe 2:17–18, Mat 17:25, Mat 22:21, 1Ti 5:17, Eph 6:5, 1Pe 3:7
- 8Rom 13:10, Mat 22:39–40, Gal 5:14, Mat 7:12, Pro 3:27–28, Rom 13:7, Jhn 13:34, Jas 2:8
- 9Exo 20:12–17, Mat 22:39, Luk 10:27, Mrk 12:31, Deu 5:16–21, Lev 19:18, Mat 19:18–19, Rom 7:7–8
- 10Rom 13:8, Mat 22:39–40, 1Co 13:4–7
- 111Th 5:5–8, 1Pe 4:7, Eph 5:14, Mrk 13:35–37, 1Co 15:34, Mat 24:42–44, 1Th 5:1–3, 2Pe 3:13–15
- 12Ezk 18:31–32, Eph 5:11, 2Co 6:7, Col 3:8–17, Jas 1:21, Eph 6:11–18, Eph 4:22, Rom 13:14
- 13Gal 5:21, Eph 5:18, 1Th 4:3–5, 1Pe 4:3–5, Eph 5:15, 1Th 4:12, 1Jn 2:6, Luk 21:34
- 14Eph 4:24, Gal 5:16–17, Gal 3:27, 1Pe 2:11, Gal 5:24, Col 3:10–12, Rom 8:12–13, 1Jn 2:15–17
Topics in this chapter
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Adultery, Affections, Armor, Chastity, Citizens, Commandments, Continence, Covetousness, Crime, Darkness, Debt, Drunkenness, Envy, False Teachers, Gluttony, Golden Rule, Government, Holiness, Homicide, Integrity, Jesus, the Christ, Lasciviousness, Law, Love, Loyalty, Neighbor, Night, Ordinance, Quotations and Allusions, Righteous, Rising, Rome, Rulers, Self-Denial, Strife, Temperance, Theft and Thieves, Walking, War, Watchfulness