Romans 13 (NET)

Romans 13:1¹Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Romans 13:2²So the person who resists such authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will incur judgmentCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Romans 13:3³(for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendationCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 10:4-61 Pet 2:13-14Prov 14:35Prov 20:2Deut 25:11 Pet 3:13-14Jer 22:15-18Rom 13:4

Romans 13:4⁴because it is God’s servant for your well-being. But be afraid if you do wrong because government does not bear the sword for nothing. It is God’s servant to administer punishment on the person who does wrong.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Romans 13:5⁵Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath of the authorities but also because of your conscience.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Romans 13:6⁶For this reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants devoted to governing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Romans 13:7⁷Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Romans 13:8⁸Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Romans 13:9⁹For the commandments, “Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet, ” (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Romans 13:10¹⁰Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 13:8Matt 22:39-401 Cor 13:4-7

Romans 13:11¹¹And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Romans 13:12¹²The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Romans 13:13¹³Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Romans 13:14¹⁴Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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