LO - Romans - 13

13:1  Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but from God; and those that exist are placed under God.

13:2  Wherefore, he who sets himself in opposition to the power, resists the ordinance of God: and they who resist shall procure punishment to themselves.

13:3  For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Would you, then, not be afraid of the power? Do that which is good, and you shall have praise of the same.

13:4  For the ruler is a servant of God for good to you. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid; because he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is a servant of God, a revenger to inflict wrath on him who works evil.

13:5  Wherefore, it is necessary for you to be subject, not only on account of punishment, but also on account of conscience.

13:6  For this reason, therefore, you pay taxes also to them, because they are public ministers of God, attending continually to this very business.

13:7  Render, therefore, to all their dues; to whom tax is due, tax; to whom custom, custom; to whom fear, fear; to whom honor, honor.

13:8  Owe no man anything, unless to love one another. For he who loves another, has fulfilled the law.

13:9  For this, "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not covet"; and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this precept, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

13:10  Love works no evil to one's neighbor: therefore, love the the fulfilling of the law.

13:11  Further, knowing the season, that it is now the hour for us to awake out of sleep. (For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed:

13:12  the night is far advanced, and the day is at hand.) Let us, therefore, put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

13:13  Let us walk about decently, as in the day, not in revelings and drunkenness; not in chamberings and lasciviousness; not in strife and envy.

13:14  But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the lusts of the flesh.