Sha'ul's Letter to the Romans, Chapter 13
{13:1} Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities,
for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are
ordained by God. {13:2} Therefore he who resists the authority,
withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive
to themselves judgment. {13:3} For rulers are not a terror to the good
work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority?
Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same, {13:4}
for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which
is evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in vain; for he is a
minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil. {13:5}
Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath,
but also for conscience' sake. {13:6} For this reason you also pay
taxes, for they are ministers of God's service, attending continually
on this very thing. {13:7} Give therefore to everyone what you owe:
taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom
respect; honor to whom honor. {13:8} Owe no one anything, except to
love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
{13:9} For the [1>]mitzvot[<1], "You shall not commit adultery,"
"You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give
false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other
[2>]mitzvot[<2] there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely,
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself." {13:10} Love doesn't harm
a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law. {13:11} Do
this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out
of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first
believed. {13:12} The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let's
therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let's put on the armor
of light. {13:13} Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling
and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not
in strife and jealousy. {13:14} But put on the Lord Yeshua the
Messiah, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
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Footnotes:
[1] {13:9} commandments
[2] {13:9} commandments
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