| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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.
Ex 20:13-17 Lev 19:18
Matt 5:43
Matt 19:19
Matt 22:39
Mark 12:31
Gal 5:14
Jam 2:8
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| 10 |
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of
the law. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
