Romans 13

1 Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

2 so that he who is setting himself against the authority, has resisted against God’s ordinance; and those resisting will receive judgment to themselves.

Therefore he who resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will incur judgment.

3 For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and do you wish to not be afraid of the authority? Be doing that which is good, and you will have praise from it,

For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same,

4 for it is a servant of God to you for good; and if you may do that which is evil, be fearing, for it does not bear the sword in vain; for it is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

for it is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword in vain. It is God's servant to administer retribution on those who do what is wrong.

5 For this reason it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience,

Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of this retribution, but also as a matter of conscience.

6 for because of this you also pay tribute; for they are servants of God, on this very thing attending continually;

For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God, concerned with this very thing.

7 render, therefore, to all [their] dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honor, the honor.

Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

8 To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other—he has fulfilled law,

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

9 for, “You will not commit adultery, You will not murder, You will not steal, You will not bear false testimony, You will not covet”; and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: “You will love your neighbor as yourself”;

For the commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not give false testimony," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You are to love your neighbor as yourself."

10 the love to the neighbor works no ill; the love, therefore, [is] the fullness of law.

Love does not harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

11 And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already [is] to be aroused out of sleep, for now our salvation [is] nearer than when we believed;

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

12 the night advanced, and the day came near; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armor of the light;

The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let us therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

13 as in daytime, let us walk properly; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy;

Let us walk decently, as in the daytime; not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and lustful acts, and not in dissension and jealousy.

14 but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and take no forethought for the flesh—for desires.

But put on the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.