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Romans 13:2
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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.  
13 aLet us walk1 properly, as in the day, bnot in revelry and drunkenness, cnot in lewdness and lust, dnot in strife and envy.  
14 But aput on the Lord Jesus Christ, and bmake no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. 
Verse Comparison: Romans 13:2

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American Standard Version
Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.

Amplified® Bible
Therefore he who resists {and} sets himself up against the authorities resists what God has appointed {and} arranged [in divine order]. And those who resist will bring down judgment upon themselves [receiving the penalty due them].

Contemporary English Version
People who oppose the authorities are opposing what God has done, and they will be punished.

Darby English Version
So that he that sets himself in opposition to the authority resists the ordinance of God; and they who [thus] resist shall bring sentence of guilt on themselves.

Good News Bible
Whoever opposes the existing authority opposes what God has ordered; and anyone who does so will bring judgment on himself.

International Standard Version
so that whoever resists the authorities opposes what God has established, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.

King James Version
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves.

New International Version
Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.

New King James Version
Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves.

Young's Literal Translation
so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.


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