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\v 1 Let every soul be obedient to higher authorities, for there is no authority unless it comes from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
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\v 2 Therefore he who resists that authority opposes the command of God; and those who oppose it will receive judgment on themselves.
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\v 3 For rulers are not a terror to good deeds, but to evil deeds. Do you desire to be unafraid of the one in authority? Do what is good, and you will receive his approval.
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\v 4 For he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for he does not carry the sword for no reason. For he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath on the one who does evil.
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\v 5 Therefore you must obey, not only because of the wrath, but also because of conscience.
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\v 6 Because of this you pay taxes also. For authorities are servants of God, who attend to this very thing continually.
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\v 7 Pay to everyone what is owed to them: tax to whom tax is due; toll to whom toll is due; fear to whom fear is due; honor to whom honor is due.
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\v 8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
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\v 9 The commandments: "Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not covet," and if there is any other commandment also, it is summed up in this sentence: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
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\v 10 Love does not harm one's neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law.
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\v 11 Because of this, you know the time, that it is already time for you to awake out of sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
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\v 12 The night has advanced, and the day has come near. Let us therefore put aside the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
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\v 13 Let us walk appropriately, as in the day, not in drunken celebrations or drunkenness; and let us not walk in sexual immorality or in uncontrolled lust, and not in strife or jealousy.
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\v 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its lusts.
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