Romans 13
1 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.
Πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἐξουσίαις ὑπερεχούσαις ὑποτασσέσθω, οὐ γὰρ ἔστιν ἐξουσία, εἰ μὴ ὑπὸ ˚Θεοῦ, αἱ δὲ οὖσαι ὑπὸ ˚Θεοῦ τεταγμέναι εἰσίν.
2 Therefore he who resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will incur judgment.
Ὥστε ὁ ἀντιτασσόμενος τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ, τῇ τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ διαταγῇ ἀνθέστηκεν, οἱ δὲ ἀνθεστηκότες, ἑαυτοῖς κρίμα λήμψονται.
3 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,
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 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.
˚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 be in subjection, not only because of this retribution, but also as a matter of conscience.
Διὸ ἀνάγκη ὑποτάσσεσθαι, οὐ μόνον διὰ τὴν ὀργὴν, ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τὴν συνείδησιν.
6 For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God, concerned with this very thing.
Διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ, καὶ φόρους τελεῖτε, λειτουργοὶ γὰρ ˚Θεοῦ εἰσιν, εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο προσκαρτεροῦντες.
7 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.
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 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; 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 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."
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 not harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
Ἡ ἀγάπη τῷ πλησίον κακὸν οὐκ ἐργάζεται· πλήρωμα οὖν νόμου ἡ ἀγάπη.
11 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.
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 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.
Ἡ νὺξ προέκοψεν, ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤγγικεν. Ἀποθώμεθα οὖν τὰ ἔργα τοῦ σκότους, ἐνδυσώμεθα δὲ τὰ ὅπλα τοῦ φωτός.
13 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.
Ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ εὐσχημόνως περιπατήσωμεν, μὴ κώμοις καὶ μέθαις, μὴ κοίταις καὶ ἀσελγείαις, μὴ ἔριδι καὶ ζήλῳ.
14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
Ἀλλὰ ἐνδύσασθε τὸν ˚Κύριον ˚Ἰησοῦν ˚Χριστόν, καὶ τῆς σαρκὸς πρόνοιαν μὴ ποιεῖσθε, εἰς ἐπιθυμίας.
