OrthJBC - Romans - 13

13:1  Let kol nefesh (every soul, person) be subject to the official governing authorities. For there is no memshalah (government) except given by Hashem, and the powers that be have been established by G-d.

13:2  So then, he who opposes the authority has resisted the ordinance/official decree of G-d; and those who resist shall receive mishpat (judgment) on themselves.

13:3  For rulers are not a cause of pachad (terror) to hitnahagut (conduct) that is of haTov but haRah. Do you want to be without pachad of memshalah (government)? Do haTov, and you will have the commendation of the representative of the memshalah.

13:4  For he is the mesharet (minister, servant) of Hashem to you for haTov. But if you do haRah, be afraid. For he does not bear the cherev (8:35) to no purpose. For he is the mesharet of Hashem, an avenger for Charon Af (1:18 2:8; 3:5; 4:15; 5:9; 9:22; 12:19; 13:4)) against the rashah (evildoer).

13:5  Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of the Charon Af of Hashem, but also on account of matzpun tahor (clean conscience).

13:6  For that is why you also pay tribute (taxes). For they are mesharetim of G-d engaged in this very task.

13:7  Render to everyone their due: tribute to whom tribute is due, tax to whom tax; fear to whom fear is due, respect to whom respect.

13:8  Owe, be indebted/obligated nothing to anyone except a chov (debt) of ahavah (love); for he who has ahavah has fulfilled the Torah.

13:9  For the mitzvoh, LO TIN'AF, LO TIRTZACH, LO TIGNOV, LO TACHMOD, ("You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not kill," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet," SHEMOT 20:13-15,17; DEVARIM 5:17-19,21) and any other of the mitzvot (commandments) is akitzur (restated, in summary), in this dvar Torah, V'AHAVTA L'RE'ACHA KAMOCHA ("You shall love your neighbor as yourself" --VAYIKRA 19:18.)

13:10  Ahavah (agape) does no wrong to the re'a (neighbor); therefore the fulfillment of the Torah is ahavah. DISCERN THE TURNING OF THE AGES ALREADY IN THE BODY OF MOSHIACH (6:9-10; 7:4); LISTEN FOR THE IMMINENT SHOFAR BLAST OF THE BIAS MOSHIACH; AWAKEN FROM MORAL TURPITUDE AND BLINDNESS (11:8) AND SLOTH IN AVODAS KODESH; THE ACTIVITIES OF THE NIGHT OF THE OLD EPOCH AND OUR OLD LIFE WITHOUT MOSHIACH MUST BE PUT OFF; WE MUST DISROBE FROM THE BEGADIM IDDIM (STAINED GARMENTS OF MENSTRUATION) (YESHAYAH 64:5), WHICH IN THE "NIGHT" OF THE OLD EPOCH ARE THE BEST DEEDS OF THE GUILTY (SEE ROMANS CHAPTERS 1-3); WE MUST PUTTING ON THE ME'ILIM (ROBES) OF THE TZIDKAT HASHEM (1:17; 3:5, 22-26; 6:16,19; 10:3); AND, STARTING WITH OUR OWN NATURAL CAPACITIES (6:13,16; 7:5,23;12:4-5) WHICH BECOME NESHEK HAOHR, WE MUST TAKE UP ALL THOSE OTHER FIGHTING INSTRUMENTS OF THE OHR OF THE OLAM HABAH, WHICH IS THAT FUTURE TIME THAT IS ALREADY PRESENT IN PART AND MUST BE OUR LIVING SPACE EVEN NOW IN MOSHIACH AS WE MAKE NO PROVISION FOR THE BASAR (OLD HUMAN NATURE IN FALLEN ADAM, THE OLD HUMAN NATURE WITHOUT MAVET IN MOSHIACH AND HITKHADESHUT IN THE RUACH HAKODESH, THE OLD HUMAN NATURE SOLD UNDER THE POWER OF THE YETZER HARAH (7:14; 6:23) AND SLAVEMASTER CHET KADMON ENSLAVING THE OLAM HAZEH

13:11  Now then this. You know the time, that it is already the hour for you to wake up from shenah (sleep), for now is Yeshu'at Eloheinu nearer than when we became ma'aminim.

13:12  The haLailah (the Night) (of the old epoch) is far advanced, and haYom [Yom haDin, the Day of Judgment] is imminent, at hand. Let us therefore disrobe and rid ourselves of the deeds of choshech and let us put on the neshek (weapons 6:13) of Ohr (light).

13:13  Let us conduct ourselves decently as in Yom (Day), not in holelut (carousing) and shichrut (drunkenness), not in zenut (fornication) and debauchery and zimmah (licentiousness), not in merivah (strife) and quarreling and anochiyut (selfishness) and kinah (jealousy).

13:14  But put on the Moshiach Yehoshua Adoneinu and make no provision for the Basar, to satisfy its ta'avot.