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Let every[G3956]soul[G5590]be[G5607]subject[G5293] unto the higher[G5242]powers[G1849]. For[G1063] there is[G2076]no[G3756]power[G1849]but[G1508]of[G575]God[G2316]: the powers[G1849] that be[G5607]are[G1526]ordained[G5021]of[G5259]God[G1161].
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Whosoever therefore[G5620]resisteth[G498] the power[G1849], resisteth[G436] the ordinance[G1296] of God[G2316]: and[G1161] they that resist[G436] shall receive[G2983] to themselves[G1438]damnation[G2917].
3For[G1063]rulers[G758]are[G1526]not[G3756] a terror[G5401] to good[G18]works[G2041], but[G235] to the evil[G2556]. Wilt thou[G2309]then[G1161]not[G3361] be afraid[G5399]of[G1537] the power?[G1849]do[G4160] that which is good[G18], and[G2532]thou[G2309] shalt have[G2192]praise[G1868]of[G1537] the same[G846]:
4For[G1063] he is[G2076] the minister[G1249] of God[G2316] to thee[G4671]for[G1519]good[G18]. But[G1161]if[G1437] thou do[G4160] that which is[G2076]evil[G2556], be afraid[G5399]; for[G1519] he beareth[G5409]not[G3756] the sword[G3162] in vain[G1500]: for[G1519] he is[G2076] the minister[G1249] of God[G2316], a revenger[G1558] to execute wrath[G3709]upon[G1519] him that doeth[G4238]evil[G2556].
5Wherefore[G1352] ye must needs[G318] be subject[G5293], not[G3756]only[G3440]for[G1223]wrath[G3709], but[G235]also[G2532]for[G1223]conscience[G4893]sake[G1223].
6For[G1063]for[G1223]this[G5124]cause[G1223] pay ye[G5055]tribute[G5411]also[G2532]: for[G1223] they are[G1526] God's ministers[G3011], attending continually[G4342]upon[G1519]this[G5124] very thing[G846].
7Render[G591]therefore[G3767] to all[G3956] their dues[G3782]: tribute[G5411] to whom[G3588]tribute[G5411] is due; custom[G5056] to whom[G3588]custom[G5056]; fear[G5401] to whom[G3588]fear[G5401]; honour[G5092] to whom[G3588]honour[G5092].
8Owe[G3784] no man[G3367] any thing[G3367], but[G1508] to love[G25] one another[G240]: for[G1063] he that loveth[G25]another[G2087] hath fulfilled[G4137] the law[G3551].
9For[G1063]this[G5129], Thou shalt[G3431]not[G3756] commit adultery[G3431], Thou shalt[G5407]not[G3756]kill[G5407], Thou shalt[G2813]not[G3756]steal[G2813], Thou shalt[G5576]not[G3756] bear false witness[G5576], Thou shalt[G1937]not[G3756]covet[G1937]; and[G2532] if there be any[G1536]other[G2087]commandment[G1785], it is briefly comprehended[G346]in[G1722]this[G5129]saying[G3056], namely[G1722], Thou shalt[G1937]love[G25]thy[G4675]neighbour[G4139]as[G5613]thyself[G1438].
10Love[G26]worketh[G2038]no[G3756]ill[G2556] to his neighbour[G4139]: therefore[G3767]love[G26] is the fulfilling[G4138] of the law[G3551].
11And[G2532]that[G5124], knowing[G1492] the time[G2540], that[G3754]now[G2235] it is high time[G5610] to awake[G2248] out of[G1537]sleep[G5258]: for[G1063]now[G3568] is our[G2257]salvation[G4991]nearer[G1452]than[G2228]when[G3753] we believed[G4100].
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The night[G3571] is far spent[G4298], the day[G2250] is at hand[G1448]: let us[G659]therefore[G3767] cast off[G659] the works[G2041] of darkness[G4655], and[G2532] let us[G659] put on[G1746] the armour[G3696] of light[G5457].
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Let us walk[G4043]honestly[G2156], as[G5613]in[G1722] the day[G2250]; not[G3361]in[G1722]rioting[G2970]and[G2532]drunkenness[G3178], not[G3361]in[G1722]chambering[G2845]and[G2532]wantonness[G766], not[G3361]in[G1722]strife[G2054]and[G2532]envying[G2205].
14But[G235] put ye on[G1746] the Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547], and[G2532]make[G4160]not[G3361]provision[G4307]for[G1519] the flesh[G4561], to fulfil the lusts[G1939] thereof.