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Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers, for there is no authority except from God; the existing authorities are ordained of God. |
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Therefore he who resists the authority resists the ordinance of God. And those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. |
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For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Wilt thou not be afraid of the power? Do good, and you will have praise from it, |
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for [superior] is God's servant for your good. If you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain: he is the minister of God, the avenger to punish the wrongdoer. |
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Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only because of [the fear of] punishment, but also for conscience sake. |
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For this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, this very thing.
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Therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; who rents, dues; to whom fear, fear; honor to whom honor. |
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Owe no man any thing, but to love; for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. |
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For the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, do not bear false witness, You shall not covet [stranger], and all the other summed up in this word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. |
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Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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So [proceed], knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep. For now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. |
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The night passed, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. |
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As in the day, let us behave decently, not [indulge] no rioting and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and envy; |
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But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. |
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