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¹ Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the [powers] that be are appointed of God.² Therefore he that resists the power, withstands the ordinance of God: and those that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.³ For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. And do you want to not fear the power? do that which is good, and you shall have praise from the same:⁴ for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain: for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him that does evil.⁵ Therefore [you] must surely be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.⁶ For this cause you pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God's service, attending continually on this very thing.

⁷ Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.⁸ Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.⁹ For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.¹⁰ Love works no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

¹¹ And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we [first] believed.¹² The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.¹³ Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and sexual immorality, not in strife and jealousy.¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and don't make provision for the flesh, to [fulfill] the desires [thereof].