RO-13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For

there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of

God.

RO-13:2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the

ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to

themselves damnation.

RO-13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the

evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which

is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

RO-13:4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if

thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the

sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to

[execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.

RO-13:5 Wherefore [ye] must needs be subject, not only for wrath,

 but also for conscience sake.

RO-13:6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are

God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

RO-13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom

tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear;

honour to whom honour.

RO-13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he

that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

RO-13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not

kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment,

it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt

love thy neighbour as thyself.

RO-13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love

[is] the fulfilling of the law.

RO-13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time

to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than

when we believed.

RO-13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us

therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the

armour of light.

RO-13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and

drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and

envying.

RO-13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not

provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].

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