B.
In being subject to authorities
13:1-7
Rom. 13
:1
13:1
Let every
1person be
2asubject to the authorities over
him, for
bthere is no authority except
3from God, and those which exist are
4ordained by God.
Rom. 13
:2
13:2
So then he who resists the authority opposes God's ordination, and those who oppose will receive
1judgment to themselves.
Rom. 13
:3
13:3
For the
arulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you want to have no fear of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from him;
Rom. 13
:4
13:4
For he is a
1servant of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, fear; he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who practices evil.
Rom. 13
:5
13:5
Therefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of wrath but also because of conscience.
Rom. 13
:6
13:6
For because of this you also pay taxes; for they are God's
1officers, attending constantly to this very thing.
Rom. 13
:7
13:7
aRender to all the things due: tax to whom tax
is due, custom to whom custom
is due, fear to whom fear
is due, honor to whom honor
is due.
C.
In practicing love
13:8-10
Rom. 13
:8
13:8
Owe nothing to anyone except to
alove one another; for he who
1loves the other has
bfulfilled the law.
Rom. 13
:9
13:9
For,
a"You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet,'' and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely,
b"You shall love your neighbor as yourself.''
Rom. 13
:10
13:10
aLove does not work evil to his neighbor; therefore love is the
bfulfillment of the law.
D.
In waging the warfare
13:11-14
Rom. 13
:11
13:11
And this, knowing the
atime, that it is already the hour for you to be
braised from sleep; for now is our
1salvation cnearer than when we believed.
Rom. 13
:12
13:12
The 1night is far advanced, and the
aday has drawn near. Let us therefore cast off the
bworks of darkness, and let us put on the
cweapons of light.
Rom. 13
:13
13:13
Let us walk becomingly as in the
aday; not in
breveling and
cdrunkenness, not in fornication and licentiousness, not in
dstrife and
ejealousy.
Rom. 13
:14
13:14
But 1aput on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no
2provision for the
bflesh to
fulfill its lusts.
