Romans 13
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1Let every soul be subordinate to the higher authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the existing authorities have been ordained by God. 2Therefore the singular one who is insubordinate to the authority has stood against the ordinance of God; and those standing against it will receive judgment to themselves. 3For rulers are not a fear to the good work, but to the evil. Do you wish not to fear the authority? Do the good, and you will have praise from it; 4for he is God's servant to you for the good. But if you do the evil, fear; for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is God's servant, an avenger for wrath to the one practicing the evil. 5Therefore it is necessary to be subordinate, not only because of the wrath but also because of the conscience. 6For because of this you also pay taxes; for they are God's ministers, constantly attending to this very thing. 7Render therefore to all their dues: to the one owed the tax, the tax; to the one owed the toll, the toll; to the one owed the fear, the fear; to the one owed the honor, the honor. 8Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one loving the other has fulfilled the law. 9For the commandment, “You will not commit adultery, You will not murder, You will not steal, You will not bear false witness, You will not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, in the phrase: “You will love your neighbor as yourself.” 10The love does not work evil to the neighbor; therefore the love is the fulfillment of the law. 11And this, knowing the season, that it is already the hour for you to be awakened out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. 12The night has advanced, and the day has drawn near. Let us therefore put off the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armor of the light. 13Let us walk properly as in the day, not in revelries and bouts of drunkenness, not in beddings and debaucheries, not in strife and jealousy. 14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its desires.
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