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Submit to Government

1 Let every soul be asubject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.  
2 Therefore whoever resists athe authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will1 bring judgment on themselves.  
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? aDo what is good, and you will have praise from the same.  
4 For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.
5 Therefore ayou must be subject, not only because of wrath bbut also for conscience’ sake.  
6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing.
7 aRender therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.  

Love Your Neighbor

8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for ahe who loves another has fulfilled the law.  
9 For the commandments, a“You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,”1 “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, b“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”  
10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore alove is the fulfillment of the law.  

Put on Christ

11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time ato awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.  
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. aTherefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and blet us put on the armor of light.  
Verse Comparison: Romans 13:1

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American Standard Version
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the `powers' that be are ordained of God.

Amplified® Bible
LET EVERY person be loyally subject to the governing (civil) authorities. For there is no authority except from God [by His permission, His sanction], and those that exist do so by God's appointment.

Contemporary English Version
Obey the rulers who have authority over you. Only God can give authority to anyone, and he puts these rulers in their places of power.

Darby English Version
Let every soul be subject to the authorities that are above [him]. For there is no authority except from God; and those that exist are set up by God.

Good News Bible
Everyone must obey state authorities, because no authority exists without God's permission, and the existing authorities have been put there by God.

International Standard Version
Every person must be subject to the governing authorities, for no authority exists except by God's permission. The existing authorities have been established by God,

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.

New International Version
Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

New King James Version
Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Every person should subject himself to the governing authorities For no authority exists except from God, and those which exist God establishes.

Young's Literal Translation
Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,


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