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Chapter 13 |
| 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. |
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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 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 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. |
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5 | Wherefore ye must needs
be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. |
| 6 | For
for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending
continually upon this very thing. |
| 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 no man any thing, but to love one
another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. |
| 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. |
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10 | Love worketh no ill to his neighbour:
therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not
provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. |
