Romans:13
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Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities .
For there is no authority except from God ,
and the authorities that exist are appointed by God .
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Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God ,
and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves .
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For rulers are not a terror to good works ,
but to evil .
Do you want to be unafraid of the authority ?
Do what is good ,
and you will have praise from the same .
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For he is God '
s minister to you for good .
But if you do evil ,
be afraid ;
for he does not bear the sword in vain ;
for he is God '
s minister ,
an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil .
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Therefore you must be subject ,
not only because of wrath but also for conscience '
sake .
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For because of this you also pay taxes ,
for they are God '
s ministers attending continually to this very thing .
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Render therefore to all their due :
taxes to whom taxes are due ,
customs to whom customs ,
fear to whom fear ,
honor to whom honor .
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Owe no one anything except to love one another ,
for he who loves another has fulfilled the law .
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For the commandments , "
You shall not commit adultery ," "
You shall not murder ," "
You shall not steal ," "
You shall not bear false witness ," "
You shall not covet ,"
and if there is any other commandment ,
are all summed up in this saying ,
namely , "
You shall love your neighbor as yourself ."
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Love does no harm to a neighbor ;
therefore love is the fulfillment of the law .
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And do this ,
knowing the time ,
that now it is high time to awake out of sleep ;
for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed .
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The night is far spent ,
the day is at hand .
Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness ,
and let us put on the armor of light .
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Let us walk properly ,
as in the day ,
not in revelry and drunkenness ,
not in lewdness and lust ,
not in strife and envy .
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But put on the Lord Jesus Christ ,
and make no provision for the flesh ,
to fulfill its lusts .