Romans 13

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¹ Let every person be subordinate to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been established by God.	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.
² Therefore, whoever resists authority opposes what God has appointed, and those who oppose it will bring judgment upon themselves.	² Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
³ For rulers are not a cause of fear to good conduct, but to evil. Do you wish to have no fear of authority? Then do what is good and you will receive approval from it,	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:
⁴ for it is a servant of God for your good. But if you do evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword without purpose; it is the servant of God to inflict wrath on the evildoer.	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.
⁵ Therefore, it is necessary to be subject not only because of the wrath but also because of conscience.	⁵ Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
⁶ This is why you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, devoting themselves to this very thing.	⁶ For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
⁷ Pay to all their dues, taxes to whom taxes are due, toll to whom toll is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.	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.
⁸ Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.	⁸ Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
⁹ The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this saying, (namely) "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."	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.
¹⁰ Love does no evil to the neighbor; hence, love is the fulfillment of the law.	¹⁰ Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
¹¹ And do this because you know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed;	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.
¹² the night is advanced, the day is at hand. Let us then throw off the works of darkness (and) put on the armor of light;	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.
¹³ let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and licentiousness, not in rivalry and jealousy.	¹³ Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.	¹⁴ But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.