MKJV - Romans - 13

13:1  Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority but of God; the authorities that exist are ordained by God.

13:2  So that the one resisting the authority resists the ordinance of God; and the ones who resist will receive judgment to themselves.

13:3  For the rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the bad. And do you desire to be not afraid of the authority? Do the good, and you shall have praise from it.

13:4  For it is a servant of God to you for good. For if you practice evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword in vain; for it is a servant of God, a revenger for wrath on him who does evil.

13:5  Therefore you must be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' sake.

13:6  For because of this you also pay taxes. For they are God's servants, always giving attention to this very thing.

13:7  Therefore give to all their dues; to the one due tax, the tax; tribute to whom tribute is due, fear to whom fear is due, and honor to whom honor is due.

13:8  Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.

13:9  For: "Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not bear false witness; do not lust;" and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

13:10  Love works no ill to its neighbor, therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

13:11  This also, knowing the time, that it is already time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.

13:12  The night is far spent, the day is at hand; therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

13:13  Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in carousings and drinking; not in co-habitation and lustful acts; not in strife and envy.

13:14  But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take thought beforehand for the lusts of the flesh.