<vn='1'>Let <sn="3956">every</s><sn="5590">soul</s> be <sn="5293">subject</s> unto the <sn="5242">higher</s><sn="1849">powers</s>. <sn="1063">For</s> there <sn="2076">is</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="1849">power</s><sn="1508">but</s><sn="575">of</s><sn="2316 *1161">God</s>: <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1849">powers</s> that <sn="5607">be</s><sn="1526">are</s><sn="5021">ordained</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>Whosoever therefore <sn="498 5620">resisteth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1849">power</s>, <sn="436">resisteth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1296">ordinance</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>: <sn="1161">and</s> they that <sn="436">resist</s> shall <sn="2983">receive</s> to <sn="1438">themselves</s><sn="2917">damnation</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="758">rulers</s><sn="1526">are</s><sn="3756">not</s> a <sn="5401">terror</s> to <sn="18">good</s><sn="2041">works</s>, <sn="235">but</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2556">evil</s>. <sn="2309">Wilt</s> thou <sn="1161">then</s><sn="3361">not</s> be <sn="5399">afraid</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1849">power</s>? <sn="4160">do</s> that which is <sn="18">good</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> thou shalt <sn="2192">have</s><sn="1868">praise</s><sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="846">same</s>: </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1063">For</s> he <sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="1249">minister</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> to <sn="4671">thee</s><sn="1519">for</s><sn="18">good</s>. <sn="1161">But</s><sn="1437">if</s> thou <sn="4160">do</s> that which is <sn="2556">evil</s>, be <sn="5399">afraid</s>; <sn="1063">for</s> he <sn="5409">beareth</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3162">sword</s> in <sn="1500">vain</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> he <sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="1249">minister</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, a <sn="1558">revenger</s><sn="1519">to</s> execute <sn="3709">wrath</s> upon him that <sn="4238">doeth</s><sn="2556">evil</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1352">Wherefore</s> ye must <sn="318">needs</s> be <sn="5293">subject</s>, <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3440">only</s><sn="1223">for</s><sn="3709">wrath</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2532">also</s> for conscience <sn="1223 4893">sake</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1063">For</s> for this <sn="1223 5124">cause</s><sn="5055">pay</s> ye <sn="5411">tribute</s><sn="2532">also</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> they <sn="1526">are</s><sn="2316">God</s> 's <sn="3011">ministers</s>, attending <sn="4342">continually</s><sn="1519">upon</s> this very <sn="5124 846">thing</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="591">Render</s><sn="3767">therefore</s> to <sn="3956">all</s> their <sn="3782">dues</s>: <sn="5411">tribute</s> to <sn="3588">whom</s><sn="5411">tribute</s> is due; <sn="5056">custom</s> to <sn="3588">whom</s><sn="5056">custom</s>; <sn="5401">fear</s> to <sn="3588">whom</s><sn="5401">fear</s>; <sn="5092">honor</s> to <sn="3588">whom</s><sn="5092">honor</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3784">Owe</s> no <sn="3367">man</s> any <sn="3367">thing</s>, <sn="1508">but</s> to <sn="25">love</s> one <sn="240">another</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> he that <sn="25">loveth</s><sn="2087">another</s> hath <sn="4137">fulfilled</s> the <sn="3551">law</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">this</s>, Thou shalt <sn="3756">not</s> commit <sn="3431">adultery</s>, Thou shalt <sn="3756">not</s><sn="5407">kill</s>, Thou shalt <sn="3756">not</s><sn="2813">steal</s>, Thou shalt <sn="3756">not</s> bear false <sn="5576">witness</s>, Thou shalt <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1937">covet</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> if there be <sn="1536">any</s><sn="2087">other</s><sn="1785">commandment</s>, it is briefly <sn="346">comprehended</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5129">this</s><sn="3056">saying</s>, <sn="1722 3588">namely</s>, Thou shalt <sn="25">love</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="4139">neighbor</s><sn="5613">as</s><sn="1438">thyself</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="26">Love</s><sn="2038">worketh</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="2556">ill</s> to his <sn="4139">neighbor</s>: <sn="3767">therefore</s><sn="26">love</s> is the <sn="4138">fulfilling</s> of the <sn="3551">law</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="5124">that</s>, <sn="1492">knowing</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2540">time</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="2235">now</s> it is high <sn="5610">time</s><sn="*2248">to</s><sn="1453">awake</s> out <sn="1537">of</s><sn="5258">sleep</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="3568">now</s> is <sn="2257">our</s><sn="4991">salvation</s><sn="1452">nearer</s><sn="2228">than</s><sn="3753">when</s> we <sn="4100">believed</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3588">The</s><sn="3571">night</s> is far <sn="4298">spent</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2250">day</s> is at <sn="1448">hand</s>: let us <sn="3767">therefore</s> cast <sn="659">off</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2041">works</s> of <sn="4655">darkness</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> let us put <sn="1746">on</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3696">armor</s> of <sn="5457">light</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Let us <sn="4043">walk</s><sn="2156">honestly</s>, <sn="5613">as</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2250">day</s>; <sn="3361">not</s> in <sn="2970">rioting</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3178">drunkenness</s>, <sn="3361">not</s> in <sn="2845">chambering</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="766">wantonness</s>, <sn="3361">not</s> in <sn="2054">strife</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2205">envying</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="235">But</s> put ye <sn="1746">on</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4160">make</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="4307">provision</s> for <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4561">flesh</s>, to fulfill <sn="*1519">the</s><sn="1939">lusts</s> thereof. </v>