Romans:13

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* Let every soul be subject to the higher powers . For there is no power but from God ; and those that exist are placed under God . * Wherefore , he who sets himself in opposition to the power , resists the ordinance of God : and they who resist shall procure punishment to themselves . * For rulers are not a terror to good works , but to evil . Would you , then , not be afraid of the power ? Do that which is good , and you shall have praise of the same . * For the ruler is a servant of God for good to you . But if you do that which is evil , be afraid ; because he does not bear the sword in vain . For he is a servant of God , a revenger to inflict wrath on him who works evil . * Wherefore , it is necessary for you to be subject , not only on account of punishment , but also on account of conscience . * For this reason , therefore , you pay taxes also to them , because they are public ministers of God , attending continually to this very business . * Render , therefore , to all their dues ; to whom tax is due , tax ; to whom custom , custom ; to whom fear , fear ; to whom honor , honor . * Owe no man anything , unless to love one another . For he who loves another , has fulfilled the law . * «For this ,'You shall not commit adultery , You shall not kill , You shall not covet '; and if there be any other commandment , it is summed up in this precept , namely ,» 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself .' * Love works no evil to one 's neighbor : therefore , love the fulfilling of the law . * Further , knowing the season , that it is now the hour for us to awake out of sleep . (For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed : * the night is far advanced , and the day is at hand .) Let us , therefore , put off the works of darkness , and let us put on the armor of light . * Let us walk about decently , as in the day , not in revellings and drunkenness ; not in chamberings and lasciviousness ; not in strife and envy . * But put on the Lord Jesus Christ , and make no provision for the lusts of the flesh .

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