Romans 13
1 Every person must be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
Let every soul be subject to the authorities that are above [him]. For there is no authority except from God; and those that exist are set up by God.
2 So then, whoever resists authority opposes what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
So that he that sets himself in opposition to the authority resists the ordinance of God; and they who [thus] resist shall bring sentence of guilt on themselves.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil works. Do yoʋ wish to have no fear of the one in authority? Do what is good, and yoʋ will have praise from him.
For rulers are not a terror to a good work, but to an evil [one]. Dost thou desire then not to be afraid of the authority? practise [what is] good, and thou shalt have praise from it;
4 For he is God's servant for your good. But if yoʋ do evil, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. As God's servant, he is an avenger who executes wrath on the one who does evil.
for it is God's minister to thee for good. But if thou practisest evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is God's minister, an avenger for wrath to him that does evil.
5 Therefore it is necessary to be subject to authority, not only because of wrath, but also because of conscience.
Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of wrath, but also on account of conscience.
6 That is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are servants of God, attending continually to this work.
For on this account ye pay tribute also; for they are God's officers, attending continually on this very thing.
7 Therefore render to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, fear to whom fear is due, and honor to whom honor is due.
Render to all their dues: to whom tribute [is due], tribute; to whom custom, custom; to whom fear, fear; to whom honour, honour.
8 Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another, for he who loves others has fulfilled the law.
Owe no one anything, unless to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.
9 For the commandments, “Yoʋ shall not commit adultery, Yoʋ shall not murder, Yoʋ shall not steal, Yoʋ shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Yoʋ shall love yoʋr neighbor as yoʋrself.”
For, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not lust; and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Love does no harm to its neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Love works no ill to its neighbour; love therefore [is the] whole law.
11 And do this, knowing that the hour has now come for us to be awakened from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that we should be aroused out of sleep; for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12 The night is nearly over, and the day is almost here. So let us lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.
The night is far spent, and the day is near; let us cast away therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelries and drinking bouts, not in illicit affairs and sensual indulgences, not in strife and jealousy.
As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and lasciviousness, not in strife and emulation.
14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take forethought for the flesh to [fulfil its] lusts.
