Dual Panel1Let every <3956> person <5590> be subject <5293> to the governing authorities <1849> <5242>. For <1063> there is <1510> no <3756> authority <1849> except <1487> <3361> by <5259> God’s <2316> appointment, and <1161> the authorities that exist <1510> have been instituted <5021> by <5259> God <2316>.
2So <5620> the person who resists <498> such authority <1849> resists the ordinance <1296> of God <2316>, and <1161> those who resist <436> will incur <2983> judgment <2917>
3(for <1063> rulers <758> cause no <3756> fear <5401> for good <18> conduct <2041> but <235> for bad <2556>). Do you desire <2309> not <3361> to fear <5399> authority <1849>? Do <4160> good <18> and <2532> you will receive <2192> its <1537> <846> commendation <1868>,
4for <1063> it is <1510> God’s <2316> servant <1249> for <1519> your <4671> good <18>. But <1161> if <1437> you do <4160> wrong <2556>, be in fear <5399>, for <1063> it does <5409> not <3756> bear <5409> the sword <3162> in vain <1500>. It is <1510> God’s <2316> servant <1249> to <1519> administer <1558> retribution <3709> on the wrongdoer <2556> <4238>.
5Therefore <1352> it is necessary <318> to be in subjection <5293>, not <3756> only <3440> because <1223> of the wrath <3709> of the authorities but <235> also <2532> because <1223> of your conscience <4893>.
6For <1223> this reason <5124> you <5055> also <2532> pay <5055> taxes <5411>, for <1063> the authorities <3011> are <1510> God’s servants <2316> devoted <4342> to <1519> governing <846> <5124>.
7Pay <591> everyone <3956> what is owed: taxes <3782> to whom taxes <5411> are due <5411>, revenue <5056> to whom revenue <5056> is due, respect <5401> to whom respect <5401> is due, honor <5092> to whom honor <5092> is due.
8Owe <3784> no one <3367> <3367> anything, except <1487> to love one another <240>, for <1063> the one who loves <25> his neighbor <2087> has fulfilled <4137> the law <3551>.
9For <1063> the commandments, “Do <3431> not <3756> commit adultery <3431>, do <5407> not <3756> murder <5407>, do <2813> not <3756> steal <2813>, do <1937> not <3756> covet <1937>,” (and <2532> if <1487> there is any <5100> other <2087> commandment <1785>) are summed up <346> in <1722> this, “Love <25> your <4675> neighbor <4139> as <5613> yourself <4572>.”
10Love <26> does <2038> no <3756> wrong <2556> to a neighbor <4139>. Therefore <3767> love <26> is the fulfillment <4138> of the law <3551>.
11And <2532> do this <5124> because we know <1492> the time <2540>, that <3754> it is already <2235> the hour <5610> for us <5209> to awake <1453> from <1537> sleep <5258>, for <1063> our <2257> salvation <4991> is now <3568> nearer <1452> than <2228> when <3753> we became believers <4100>.
12The night <3571> has advanced toward dawn <4298>; the day <2250> is near <1448>. So then <3767> we must lay aside <659> the works <2041> of darkness <4655>, and <1161> put on <1746> the weapons <3696> of light <5457>.
13Let us live <4043> decently <2156> as <5613> in <1722> the daytime <2250>, not <3361> in carousing <2970> and <2532> drunkenness <3178>, not <3361> in sexual immorality <2845> and <2532> sensuality <766>, not <3361> in discord <2054> and <2532> jealousy <2205>.
14Instead <235>, put <1746> on the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, and <2532> make <4160> no <3361> provision <4160> for the flesh <4561> to arouse <4307> its desires <1939>.