ASV_Strong : Romans 13
1. Let[G5293] every[G3956] soul[G5590] be in subjection to[G5293] the higher[G5242] powers[G1849]: for[G1063] there is[G2076] no[G3756] power[G1849, 1487] but[G3361] of[G575] God[G2316]; and the powers[G1849] that be[G5607] are[G1526] ordained[G5021] of[G5259] God[G2316].
2. Therefore[G5620] he that resisteth[G498] the power[G1849], withstandeth[G436] the ordinance[G1296] of God[G2316]: and[G1161] they that withstand[G436] shall receive[G2983] to themselves[G1438] judgment[G2917].
3. For[G1063] rulers[G758] are[G1526] not[G3756] a terror[G5401] to[G2041] the good[G18] work[G2041], but[G235] to[G2041] the evil[G2556]. And wouldest thou[G2309] have no[G3361] fear of[G5399] the power[G1849]? do[G4160] that which is good[G18], and[G2532] thou shalt have[G2192] praise[G1868] from[G1537] the same[G846]:
4. for[G1063] he is[G2076] a minister[G1249] of God[G2316] to thee[G4671] for[G1519] good[G18]. But[G1161] if[G1437] thou do[G4160] that which is evil[G2556], be afraid[G5399]; for[G1063] he beareth[G5409] not[G3756] the sword[G3162] in vain[G1500]: for[G1063] he is[G2076] a minister[G1249] of God[G2316], an avenger[G1558] for wrath[G3709] to[G1519] him that doeth[G4238] evil[G2556].
5. Wherefore[G1352] ye must needs[G318] be in subjection[G5293], not[G3756] only[G3440] because[G1223] of the wrath[G3709], but[G235] also[G2532] for[G1223] conscience[G4893]' sake.
6. [G1063] For[G1223] this cause[G5124] ye[G5055] pay tribute[G5411] also[G2532]; for[G1063] they are[G1526] ministers[G3011] of God[G2316]'s service[G4342], attending continually upon[G1519] this[G5124] very thing[G846].
7. Render[G591, 3767] to all[G3956] their dues[G3782]: tribute[G5411] to whom[G3588] tribute[G5411] is due[G5056]; custom to whom[G3588] custom[G5056]; fear[G5401] to whom[G3588] fear[G5401]; honor[G5092] to whom[G3588] honor[G5092].
8. Owe[G3784] no man[G3367] anything[G1487], save[G3361] to love[G25] one another[G240]: for[G1063] he that loveth[G25] his neighbor[G2087] hath fulfilled[G4137] the law[G3551].
9. For[G1063] this[G3588], Thou shalt[G3431] not[G3756] commit adultery[G3431], Thou shalt[G5407] not[G3756] kill[G5407], Thou shalt[G2813] not[G3756] steal[G2813], Thou shalt[G5576] not[G3756] covet[G1937], and[G2532] if[G1487] there be any[G5100] other[G2087] commandment[G1785], it is summed[G346] up in[G1722] this[G5129] word[G3056], namely[G1722], Thou shalt love[G25] thy[G4675] neighbor[G4139] as[G5613] thyself[G1438].
10. Love[G26] worketh[G2038] no[G3756] ill[G2556] to his neighbor[G4139]: love[G26] therefore[G3767] is the fulfilment[G4138] of the law[G3551].
11. And[G2532] this[G5124], knowing[G1492] the season[G5610], that[G3754] already[G2235] it is time[G2540] for you[G2248] to awake[G1453] out of[G1537] sleep[G5258]: for[G1063] now[G3568] is[G2257] salvation[G4991] nearer[G1452] to us than[G2228] when[G3753] we first believed[G4100].
12. The night[G3571] is far spent[G1161], and the day[G2250] is at hand[G1448]: let us[G659] therefore[G3767] cast off[G659] the works[G2041] of darkness[G4655], and[G2532] let us put on[G1746] the armor[G3696] of light[G5457].
13. Let us walk[G4043] becomingly[G2156], as[G5613] in[G1722] the day[G2250]; not[G3361] in revelling[G2970] and[G2532] drunkenness[G3178], not[G3361] in chambering[G2845] and[G2532] wantonness[G766], not[G3361] in strife[G2054] and[G2532] jealousy[G2205].
14. But[G235] put ye on[G1746] the Lord[G2962] Jesus[G2424] Christ[G5547], and[G2532] make[G4160] not[G3361] provision[G4307] for the flesh[G4561], to[G1519] fulfil the lusts thereof[G1939].
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