King James VersionRomans13

Romans

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. 2 Whoso­ev­er there­fore re­sisteth the pow­er, re­sisteth the or­di­nance of God: and they that re­sist shall re­ceive to them­selves damna­tion. 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: 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 execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 5 Where­fore ye must needs be sub­ject, not only for wrath, but also for con­science sake. 6 For for this cause pay ye trib­ute al­so: for they are God's min­is­ters, at­tend­ing con­tin­u­al­ly upon this very thing. 7 Ren­der there­fore to all their dues: trib­ute to whom trib­ute is due; cus­tom to whom cus­tom; fear to whom fear; hon­our to whom hon­our. 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one an­oth­er: for he that loveth an­oth­er hath ful­filled the law. 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 there be 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 is the ful­fill­ing of the law. 11 And that, know­ing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is 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 fulfil the lusts thereof.