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| [1]Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers: for there is no power but of God: and the powers that be, are ordained of God. |
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| [2]Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist, shall receive to themselves judgment. |
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| [3]For princes are not to be feared for good works, but for evil. Wilt ye then be without fear of the power? do well: so shalt thou have praise of the same. |
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| [4]For he is the minister of God for thy wealth: but if thou do evil, fear: for he beareth not the sword for naught: for he is the minister of God to take vengeance on him that doeth evil. |
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| [5]Wherefore ye must be subject, not because of wrath only, but also for conscience sake. |
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| [6]For, for this cause ye pay also tribute: for they are Gods ministers, applying themselves for the same thing. |
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| [7]Give to all men therefore their duty: tribute, to whom ye owe tribute: custom, to whom custom: fear, to whom fear: honor, to whom ye owe honor. |
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| [8]Owe nothing to any man, but to love one another: for he that loveth another, hath fulfilled the Law. |
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| [9]For 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, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. |
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| [10]Love doth not evil to his neighbor: therefore is love the fulfilling of the Law. |
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| [11]And that, considering the season, that it is now time that we should arise from sleep: for now is our salvation nearer, then when we believed it. |
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| [12]The night is past, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast away the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light, |
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| [13]So that we walk honestly, as in the day: not in gluttony, and drunkenness, neither in chambering and wantonness, nor in strife and envying. |
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| [14]But put ye on the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and take no thought for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts of it. |
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