< Romans 13 >
1 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
Every soul to the authorities being above [him] should be subject. Not for there is authority only except (by *N(k)O*) God, those however existing (authorities *k*) by (*k*) God instituted are.
2 Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
Therefore the [one] resisting the authority the of God ordinance has resisted; those now having resisted upon themselves judgment will bring.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
The for rulers not are a terror (to the good *N(k)O*) (work *N(K)O*) but (to the evil. *N(k)O*) Do you desire now not to fear the authority? The good do perform and you will have praise from him;
4 For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
Of God for servant he is to you for good. If however evil you shall do, do be afraid; not for in vain the sword he bears. of God for a servant He is an avenger for wrath to the [one] evil doing.
5 Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
Therefore necessary [it is] to be subject, not only on account of the wrath but also on account of the conscience.
6 This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
Because of this for also taxes pay you; servants for of God they are upon this very thing attending continually.
7 Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
do render (therefore *K*) to all their dues, to whom the tax the tax, to whom the revenue the revenue, to whom the respect the respect, to whom the honor the honor.
8 Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
To no one nothing do owe only except one another to love; the [one] for loving the other [the] Law has fulfilled;
9 The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
For Not you will commit adultery, Not you will murder, Not you will steal (not will you bear false witness *K*) Not you will covet, and if any other commandment, in word this it is summed up, in the [saying] You will love the neighbour of you as (yourself. *NK(O)*)
10 Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Love to the neighbour evil not does do; [the] fulfillment therefore of [the] law love [is].
11 And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
And this knowing the time, that [it is the] hour already ([for] you *N(k)O*) out of sleep to awaken; now for nearer [is] of us the salvation than when first we believed;
12 The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
The night is nearly over and the day has drawn near. (We may cast off *NK(o)*) therefore the works of darkness, (and *k*) we may put on (now *no*) the armor of light.
13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
As in daytime properly we may walk, not in reveling and in drinking, not in sexual immorality and in sensuality, not in dissension and in jealousy;
14 Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
But do put on the Lord Jesus Christ and of the flesh provision not do make for desires.