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.
Πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἐξουσίαις ὑπερεχούσαις ὑποτασσέσθω, οὐ γὰρ ἔστιν ἐξουσία, εἰ μὴ ὑπὸ ˚Θεοῦ, αἱ δὲ οὖσαι ὑπὸ ˚Θεοῦ τεταγμέναι εἰσίν.
2 Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
Ὥστε ὁ ἀντιτασσόμενος τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ, τῇ τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ διαταγῇ ἀνθέστηκεν, οἱ δὲ ἀνθεστηκότες, ἑαυτοῖς κρίμα λήμψονται.
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.
Οἱ γὰρ ἄρχοντες οὐκ εἰσὶν φόβος τῷ ἀγαθῷ ἔργῳ, ἀλλὰ τῷ κακῷ. Θέλεις δὲ μὴ φοβεῖσθαι τὴν ἐξουσίαν; Τὸ ἀγαθὸν ποίει, καὶ ἕξεις ἔπαινον ἐξ αὐτῆς.
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.
˚Θεοῦ γὰρ διάκονός ἐστιν σοὶ εἰς τὸ ἀγαθόν. Ἐὰν δὲ τὸ κακὸν ποιῇς, φοβοῦ· οὐ γὰρ εἰκῇ τὴν μάχαιραν φορεῖ· ˚Θεοῦ γὰρ διάκονός ἐστιν, ἔκδικος εἰς ὀργὴν τῷ τὸ κακὸν πράσσοντι.
5 Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
Διὸ ἀνάγκη ὑποτάσσεσθαι, οὐ μόνον διὰ τὴν ὀργὴν, ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τὴν συνείδησιν.
6 This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
Διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ, καὶ φόρους τελεῖτε, λειτουργοὶ γὰρ ˚Θεοῦ εἰσιν, εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο προσκαρτεροῦντες.
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.
Ἀπόδοτε πᾶσι τὰς ὀφειλάς: τῷ τὸν φόρον, τὸν φόρον, τῷ τὸ τέλος, τὸ τέλος, τῷ τὸν φόβον, τὸν φόβον, τῷ τὴν τιμὴν, τὴν τιμήν.
8 Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Μηδενὶ μηδὲν ὀφείλετε, εἰ μὴ τὸ ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν· ὁ γὰρ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἕτερον, νόμον πεπλήρωκεν.
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.”
Τὸ γάρ, “Οὐ μοιχεύσεις”, “Οὐ φονεύσεις”, “Οὐ κλέψεις”, “οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις”, καὶ εἴ τις ἑτέρα ἐντολή ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ, ἀνακεφαλαιοῦται, ἐν τῷ, “Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν.”
10 Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Ἡ ἀγάπη τῷ πλησίον κακὸν οὐκ ἐργάζεται· πλήρωμα οὖν νόμου ἡ ἀγάπη.
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.
Καὶ τοῦτο εἰδότες τὸν καιρόν, ὅτι ὥρα ἤδη ὑμᾶς ἐξ ὕπνου ἐγερθῆναι, νῦν γὰρ ἐγγύτερον ἡμῶν ἡ σωτηρία, ἢ ὅτε ἐπιστεύσαμεν.
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.
Ἡ νὺξ προέκοψεν, ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤγγικεν. Ἀποθώμεθα οὖν τὰ ἔργα τοῦ σκότους, ἐνδυσώμεθα δὲ τὰ ὅπλα τοῦ φωτός.
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.
Ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ εὐσχημόνως περιπατήσωμεν, μὴ κώμοις καὶ μέθαις, μὴ κοίταις καὶ ἀσελγείαις, μὴ ἔριδι καὶ ζήλῳ.
14 Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
Ἀλλὰ ἐνδύσασθε τὸν ˚Κύριον ˚Ἰησοῦν ˚Χριστόν, καὶ τῆς σαρκὸς πρόνοιαν μὴ ποιεῖσθε, εἰς ἐπιθυμίας.
