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[1]LET every soul to the powers of dominion be subject. For there is no power that is not from Aloha, and the powers that be, of Aloha are they instituted.
[2]Whoever then riseth up against the power, against the institution of Aloha he riseth; and they who arise against them will receive judgment.
[3]For judges are not a terror to the workers of good, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do good, and thou shalt have praise from him.
[4]For he is the servant of Aloha, but to thee for good: and if thou do evil, fear; for not in vain is he girded with the sword; for he is the servant of Aloha, and the dispenser of wrath to them who do evil.
[5]And because of this are we bound to be subject, not for the wrath only, but also because of conscience.
[6]On this account also give we tributeⓘ to them; for they are the servants of Aloha over these things constituted.
[7]Render therefore to every man as is due to him: to whom tributeⓘ [is due,] tribute;ⓘ and to whom custom, custom; and to whom reverence, reverence; and to whom honour, honour.
[8]And to no man owe any thing, but one another to love. For whoever loveth his neighbour fulfilleth the law:
[9]For that also which it hath said, Thou shalt not kill; and, Thou shalt not commit adultery; and, Thou shalt not steal; and, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, in this word it is accomplished, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
[10]Love unto his neighbour evil worketh not: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
[11]AND also this know, that the time is, and the hour is, when we should be awake from our sleep; for now hath drawn nearer to us our salvation than when we believed.
[12]The night now passeth away, and the day hath drawn nigh; put we away then from us the works of darkness, and let us clothe with the arms of light.
[13]And as in the day, let us walk decorously, not with the song, nor with drunkenness, nor in the unclean chamber, nor in envy and in contention;
[14]But let [every one] clothe himself with our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, and care not for your flesh unto the lusts [thereof].
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