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[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. [2] Therefore he who resists the authority withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment. [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 authority, [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 servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil. [5] Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake. [6] For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing. [7] Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. [8] Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. [9] For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,”‡ “You shall not covet,”† and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”† [10] Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law. [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. [12] The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light. [13] Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy. [14] But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 13:9a adds “You shall not give false testimony,”
  2. † 13:9b ;
  3. † 13:9c
King James Version

Civil and Social Duties

[1] Let G5293 every G3956 soul G5590 be subject G5293 unto the higher G5242 powers. G1849 For G1063 there is G2076 no G3756 power G1849 but G1487 G3361 of G575 God: G2316 the G3588 G1161 powers G1849 that be G5607 are G1526 ordained G5021§ of G5259 God. G2316 [2] Whosoever G3588 therefore G5620 resisteth G498 the G3588 power, G1849 resisteth G436 the G3588 ordinance G1296 of God: G2316 and G1161 they G3588 that resist G436 shall receive G2983 to themselves G1438 damnation. G2917 [3] For G1063 rulers G758 are G1526 not G3756 a terror G5401 to good G18 works, G2041 but G235 to the G3588 evil. G2556 Wilt thou G2309 then G1161 not G3361 be afraid G5399 of the G3588 power? G1849 do G4160 that G3588 which is good, G18 and G2532 thou shalt have G2192 praise G1868 of G1537 the same: G846 [4] for 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 G3588 which is evil, G2556 be afraid; G5399 for G1063 he beareth G5409 not G3756 the G3588 sword G3162 in vain: G1500 for G1063 he is G2076 the minister G1249 of God, G2316 a revenger G1558 to G1519 execute wrath G3709 upon him G3588 that doeth G4238 evil. G2556 [5] Wherefore 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 [6] For G1063 for G1223 this G5124 cause G1223 pay ye G5055 tribute G5411 also: G2532 for G1063 they are G1526 God’s G2316 ministers, G3011 attending continually G4342 upon G1519 this G5124 very thing. G846 [7] Render G591 therefore G3767 to all G3956 their G3588 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 [8] Owe G3784 no man G3367 any thing, G3367 but G1487 G3361 to love G25 one another: G240 for G1063 he G3588 that loveth G25 another G2087 hath fulfilled G4137 the law. G3551 [9] For G1063 this, G3588 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 G1487 there be any G5100 other G2087 commandment, G1785 it is briefly comprehended G346 in G1722 this G5129 saying, G3056 namely, G1722 Thou shalt love G25 thy G4675 neighbour G4139 as G5613 thyself. G1438 [10] Love G26 worketh G2038 no G3756 ill G2556 to his G3588 neighbour: G4139 therefore G3767 love G26 is the fulfilling G4138 of the law. G3551 [11] And G2532 that, G5124 knowing G1492 the G3588 time, G2540 that G3754 now G2235 it is high time G5610 G2248 to awake G1453 out of G1537 sleep: G5258 for G1063 now G3568 is our G2257 salvation G4991 nearer G1452 than G2228 when G3753 we believed. G4100 [12] The G3588 night G3571 is far spent, G4298 the G3588 G1161 day G2250 is at hand: G1448 let us G659 therefore G3767 cast off G659 the G3588 works G2041 of darkness, G4655 and G2532 let us put on G1746 the G3588 armour G3696 of light. G5457 [13] Let us walk G4043 honestly, G2156§ as G5613 in G1722 the day; G2250 not G3361 in rioting G2970 and G2532 drunkenness, G3178 not G3361 in chambering G2845 and G2532 wantonness, G766 not G3361 in strife G2054 and G2532 envying. G2205 [14] But G235 put ye on G1746 the G3588 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ, G5547 and G2532 make G4160 not G3361 provision G4307 for the G3588 flesh, G4561 to G1519 fulfil the lusts G1939 thereof.

Footnotes

  1. § 13:1 Or, ordered
  2. § 13:13 Or, decently
Byzantine Greek New Testament
[1] Πᾶσα G3956 ψυχὴ G5590 ἐξουσίαις G1849 ὑπερεχούσαις G5242 ὑποτασσέσθω· G5293 οὐ G3756 γάρ G1063 ἐστιν G2076 ἐξουσία G1849 εἰ G1487 μὴ G3361 ‡ὑπὸ G5259 θεοῦ, G2316 αἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 οὖσαι G5607 ‡ἐξουσίαι G1849 ὑπὸ G5259 ‡τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ G2316 τεταγμέναι G5021 εἰσίν. G1526 [2] Ὥστε G5620 ὁ G3588 ἀντιτασσόμενος G498 τῇ G3588 ἐξουσίᾳ, G1849 τῇ G3588 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ G2316 διαταγῇ G1296 ἀνθέστηκεν· G436 οἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἀνθεστηκότες G436 ἑαυτοῖς G1438 κρίμα G2917 ‡λήψονται. G2983 [3] Οἱ G3588 γὰρ G1063 ἄρχοντες G758 οὐκ G3756 εἰσὶν G1526 φόβος G5401 ‡τῶν G3588 ἀγαθῶν G18 ἔργων, G2041 ἀλλὰ G235 τῶν G3588 κακῶν. G2556 Θέλεις G2309 δὲ G1161 μὴ G3361 φοβεῖσθαι G5399 τὴν G3588 ἐξουσίαν; G1849 Τὸ G3588 ἀγαθὸν G18 ποίει, G4160 καὶ G2532 ἕξεις G2192 ἔπαινον G1868 ἐξ G1537 αὐτῆς· G846 [4] θεοῦ G2316 γὰρ G1063 διάκονός G1249 ἐστίν G2076 σοι G4671 εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 ἀγαθόν. G18 Ἐὰν G1437 δὲ G1161 τὸ G3588 κακὸν G2556 ποιῇς, G4160 φοβοῦ· G5399 οὐ G3756 γὰρ G1063 εἰκῇ G1500 τὴν G3588 μάχαιραν G3162 φορεῖ· G5409 θεοῦ G2316 γὰρ G1063 διάκονός G1249 ἐστιν, G2076 ‡ἔκδικος G1558 εἰς G1519 ὀργὴν G3709 τῷ G3588 τὸ G3588 κακὸν G2556 πράσσοντι. G4238 [5] Διὸ G1352 ἀνάγκη G318 ὑποτάσσεσθαι, G5293 οὐ G3756 μόνον G3440 διὰ G1223 τὴν G3588 ὀργήν, G3709 ἀλλὰ G235 καὶ G2532 διὰ G1223 τὴν G3588 συνείδησιν. G4893 [6] Διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 γὰρ G1063 καὶ G2532 φόρους G5411 τελεῖτε· G5055 λειτουργοὶ G3011 γὰρ G1063 θεοῦ G2316 εἰσιν, G1526 εἰς G1519 αὐτὸ G846 τοῦτο G5124 προσκαρτεροῦντες. G4342 [7] Ἀπόδοτε G591 ‡οὖν G3767 πᾶσιν G3956 τὰς G3588 ὀφειλάς· G3782 τῷ G3588 τὸν G3588 φόρον G5411 τὸν G3588 φόρον· G5411 τῷ G3588 τὸ G3588 τέλος G5056 τὸ G3588 τέλος· G5056 τῷ G3588 τὸν G3588 φόβον G5401 τὸν G3588 φόβον· G5401 τῷ G3588 τὴν G3588 τιμὴν G5092 τὴν G3588 τιμήν. G5092 [8] Μηδενὶ G3367 μηδὲν G3367 ὀφείλετε, G3784 εἰ G1487 μὴ G3361 τὸ G3588 ‡ἀγαπᾷν G25 ἀλλήλους· G240 ὁ G3588 γὰρ G1063 ἀγαπῶν G25 τὸν G3588 ἕτερον, G2087 νόμον G3551 πεπλήρωκεν. G4137 [9] Τὸ G3588 γάρ, G1063 Οὐ G3756 μοιχεύσεις, G3431 οὐ G3756 φονεύσεις, G5407 οὐ G3756 ‡κλέψεις, G2813 οὐκ G3756 ἐπιθυμήσεις, G1937 καὶ G2532 εἴ G1487 τις G5100 ἑτέρα G2087 ἐντολή, G1785 ἐν G1722 ‡τούτῳ G5129 τῷ G3588 λόγῳ G3056 ἀνακεφαλαιοῦται, G346 ‡ἐν G1722 τῷ, G3588 Ἀγαπήσεις G25 τὸν G3588 πλησίον G4139 σου G4675 ὡς G5613 ‡ἑαυτόν. G1438 [10] Ἡ G3588 ἀγάπη G26 τῷ G3588 πλησίον G4139 κακὸν G2556 οὐκ G3756 ἐργάζεται· G2038 πλήρωμα G4138 οὖν G3767 νόμου G3551 ἡ G3588 ἀγάπη. G26 [11] Καὶ G2532 τοῦτο, G5124 εἰδότες G1492 τὸν G3588 καιρόν, G2540 ὅτι G3754 ὥρα G5610 ‡ἡμᾶς G2248 ἤδη G2235 ἐξ G1537 ὕπνου G5258 ἐγερθῆναι· G1453 νῦν G3568 γὰρ G1063 ἐγγύτερον G1452 ἡμῶν G2257 ἡ G3588 σωτηρία G4991 ἢ G2228 ὅτε G3753 ἐπιστεύσαμεν. G4100 [12] Ἡ G3588 νὺξ G3571 προέκοψεν, G4298 ἡ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἡμέρα G2250 ἤγγικεν· G1448 ‡ἀποθώμεθα G659 οὖν G3767 τὰ G3588 ἔργα G2041 τοῦ G3588 σκότους, G4655 ‡καὶ G2532 ἐνδυσώμεθα G1746 τὰ G3588 ὅπλα G3696 τοῦ G3588 φωτός. G5457 [13] Ὡς G5613 ἐν G1722 ἡμέρᾳ, G2250 εὐσχημόνως G2156 περιπατήσωμεν, G4043 μὴ G3361 κώμοις G2970 καὶ G2532 μέθαις, G3178 μὴ G3361 κοίταις G2845 καὶ G2532 ἀσελγείαις, G766 μὴ G3361 ἔριδι G2054 καὶ G2532 ζήλῳ. G2205 [14] ‡Ἀλλ’ G235 ἐνδύσασθε G1746 τὸν G3588 κύριον G2962 Ἰησοῦν G2424 χριστόν, G5547 καὶ G2532 τῆς G3588 σαρκὸς G4561 πρόνοιαν G4307 μὴ G3361 ποιεῖσθε, G4160 εἰς G1519 ἐπιθυμίας. G1939

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 13:1a ὑπὸ ¦ ἀπὸ
  2. ‡ 13:1b ἐξουσίαι ¦
  3. ‡ 13:1c τοῦ ¦ [] ¦
  4. ‡ 13:2 λήψονται ¦ λήμψονται
  5. ‡ 13:3 τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἔργων ἀλλὰ τῶν κακῶν ¦ τῷ ἀγαθῷ ἔργῳ ἀλλὰ τῷ κακῷ
  6. ‡ 13:4 ἔκδικος εἰς ὀργὴν ¦ εἰς ὀργὴν ἔκδικος
  7. ‡ 13:7 οὖν ¦
  8. ‡ 13:8 ἀγαπᾷν ἀλλήλους ¦ ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν
  9. ‡ 13:9a κλέψεις ¦ κλέψεις οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις
  10. ‡ 13:9b τούτῳ τῷ λόγῳ ¦ τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ
  11. ‡ 13:9c ἐν τῷ ¦ [ ]
  12. ‡ 13:9d ἑαυτόν ¦ σεαυτόν
  13. ‡ 13:11 ἡμᾶς ἤδη ¦ ἤδη ὑμᾶς
  14. ‡ 13:12a ἀποθώμεθα ¦ ἀποβαλώμεθα
  15. ‡ 13:12b καὶ ἐνδυσώμεθα ¦ ἐνδυσώμεθα δὲ ¦ ἐνδυσώμεθα [δὲ]
  16. ‡ 13:14 Ἀλλ’ ¦ Ἀλλὰ