1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
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T Be subject to the higher powers ordained by God.
F Know that there is no power but of God.
F Know that the powers that be are ordained by God.
T Honour those in authority.
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2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
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W Do not resist those placed in authority by God.
W Know that those that resist those placed in authority by God shall receive damnation.
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3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
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P Know that rulers will praise you for good work.
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4 For he is the 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 wrath upon him that doeth evil.
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P Know that authority is placed over you for your good.
F Know that those in authority are the ministers of God.
W Know that those in authority execute revenge for God’s wrath upon those that do evil.
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5 Wherefore must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
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T Be subject to authority for conscience sake.
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6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
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T Pay your taxes.
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7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute ; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
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T Pay taxes to whoever they are due.
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8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another; for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
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T Owe no man anything but to love one another.
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9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love the fulfilling of the law.
11 And that, knowing the time, that now high time to awake out of sleep: for now our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to the lusts .