Scriptures
Romans 13


Chapter 13

Paul counsels, Be subject unto God’s ministers; keep the commandments; love one another; righteousness leads to salvation.

1 Let every soul abe subject unto the higher bpowers. For there is no cpower dbut of God: the epowers that be are ordained of God.

2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that aresist shall receive to themselves bdamnation.

3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the apower? do that which is bgood, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

4 For he is athe 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 aconscience sake.

6 aFor 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; ahonour to whom honour.

8 aOwe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that bloveth another hath fulfilled the law.

9 For this, Thou shalt not commit aadultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not bsteal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not ccovet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy dneighbour as thyself.

10 aLove worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the blaw.

11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high atime to awake out of bsleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

12 The night is far spent, the aday is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of bdarkness, and let us put on the carmour of dlight.

13 Let us walk ahonestly, as in the day; not in brioting and cdrunkenness, not in dchambering and wantonness, not in strife and eenvying.

14 But aput ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the blusts thereof.