Romans:13
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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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Whosoever therefore resists the power ,
resists the ordinance of God :
and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation .
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For rulers are not a terror to good works ,
but to the evil .
Wilt you then not be afraid of the power ?
do that which is good ,
and you shall have praise of the same :
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For he is the minister of God to you for good .
But if you do that which is evil ,
be afraid ;
for he bears not the sword in vain :
for he is the minister of God ,
a revenger to execute wrath upon him that does evil .
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Therefore you must needs be subject ,
not only for wrath ,
but also for conscience sake .
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For this cause pay you tribute also :
for they are God '
s ministers ,
attending continually upon this very thing .
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Render therefore to all their dues :
tribute to whom tribute is due ;
custom to whom custom ;
fear to whom fear ;
honor to whom honor .
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Owe no man any thing ,
but to love one another :
for he that loves another has fulfilled the law .
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For this ,
You shall not commit adultery ,
You shall not kill ,
You shall not steal ,
You shall not bear false witness ,
You shall not covet ;
and if there be any other commandment ,
it is briefly comprehended in this saying ,
namely ,
You shall love your neighbor as yourself .
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Love works no ill to his neighbor :
therefore love is the fulfilling of the law .
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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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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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Let us walk honestly ,
as in the day ;
not in rioting and drunkenness ,
not in lewdness and wantonness ,
not in strife and envying .
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But put you on the Lord Jesus Christ ,
and make not provision for the flesh ,
to fulfill the lusts of it .