1Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Titus 3:11 Pet 2:13-17Dan 2:21John 19:11Prov 8:15-16Jer 27:5-8Jude 1:8Dan 5:18-23Ps 62:11Eph 5:21
2Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Pet 2:13Titus 3:1Jas 3:1Rom 13:5Luke 20:47Mark 12:40Matt 23:13Jer 23:8-17Jer 44:14-17Isa 58:2
3For 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: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 10:4-61 Pet 2:13-14Prov 14:35Prov 20:2Deut 25:11 Pet 3:13-14Jer 22:15-18Rom 13:4
4For 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Rom 12:192 Chr 19:6Prov 24:23-24Prov 16:14Prov 20:21 Thess 4:6Isa 1:17Ps 82:2-4Rom 13:6Ezek 22:27
5Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Pet 2:19Acts 24:16Eccl 8:21 Pet 2:13-151 Sam 24:5-6Titus 3:1-21 Pet 3:16Heb 13:18
6For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 22:17-21Luke 20:21-26Luke 23:2Mark 12:14-17Matt 17:24-271 Chr 18:142 Sam 8:5Deut 1:9-17Exod 18:13-27Ezra 4:13
7Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 20:251 Pet 2:17-18Matt 17:25Prov 24:211 Tim 5:17Matt 22:21Eph 6:51 Pet 3:71 Sam 12:181 Tim 6:1
8Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Rom 13:10Matt 22:39-40Gal 5:14Matt 7:12Prov 3:27-28John 13:34Rom 13:7Jas 2:8Col 3:14Deut 24:14-15
9For 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 20:12-17Matt 22:39Luke 10:27Mark 12:31Deut 5:16-21Lev 19:18Matt 19:18-19Rom 7:7-8Gal 5:13Lev 19:34
10Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Rom 13:8Matt 22:39-401 Cor 13:4-7
11And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Thess 5:5-81 Pet 4:7Eph 5:14Mark 13:35-371 Cor 15:34Matt 24:42-441 Thess 5:1-32 Pet 3:13-15Rev 22:20Luke 21:28
12The 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezek 18:31-32Eph 5:112 Cor 6:7Col 3:8-17Eph 6:11-18Jas 1:21Eph 4:22Rom 13:14Isa 30:221 Thess 5:5-8
13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gal 5:21Eph 5:181 Thess 4:3-51 Pet 4:3-51 Thess 4:12Eph 5:151 John 2:6Luke 21:341 Pet 2:1-21 Thess 2:12
14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eph 4:24Gal 5:16-17Gal 3:271 Pet 2:11Gal 5:24Col 3:10-12Rom 8:12-131 John 2:15-17Col 3:5-8Job 29:14