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1. All of you must obey the government rulers. Everyone who rules was given the power to rule by God. And all those who rule now were given that power by God.
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1. Let every G3956 soul G5590 be subject G5293 unto the higher G5242 powers G1849 . For G1063 there is G2076 no G3756 power G1849 but G1508 of G575 God G2316 G1161 : the G3588 powers G1849 that be G5607 are G1526 ordained G5021 of G5259 God G2316 .
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2. So anyone who is against the government is really against something God has commanded. Those who are against the government bring punishment on themselves.
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2. Whosoever therefore resisteth G498 G5620 the G3588 power G1849 , resisteth G436 the G3588 ordinance G1296 of God G2316 : and G1161 they that resist G436 shall receive G2983 to themselves G1438 damnation G2917 .
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3. People who do right don't have to fear the rulers. But those who do wrong must fear them. Do you want to be free from fearing them? Then do only what is right and they will praise you.
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3. For G1063 rulers G758 are G1526 not G3756 a terror G5401 to good G18 works G2041 , but G235 to the G3588 evil G2556 . Wilt G2309 thou then G1161 not G3361 be afraid G5399 of the G3588 power G1849 ? do G4160 that which is good G18 , and G2532 thou shalt have G2192 praise G1868 of G1537 the same G846 :
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4. Rulers are God's servants to help you. But if you do wrong, you have reason to be afraid. They have the power to punish, and they will use it. They are God's servants to punish those who do wrong.
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4. For G1063 he is G2076 the minister G1249 of God G2316 to thee G4671 for G1519 good G18 . But G1161 if G1437 thou do G4160 that which is evil G2556 , be afraid G5399 ; for G1063 he beareth G5409 not G3756 the G3588 sword G3162 in vain G1500 : for G1063 he is G2076 the minister G1249 of God G2316 , a revenger G1558 to G1519 execute wrath G3709 upon him that doeth G4238 evil G2556 .
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5. So you must obey the government, not just because you might be punished, but because you know it is the right thing to do.
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5. Wherefore G1352 ye must needs G318 be subject G5293 , not G3756 only G3440 for G1223 wrath G3709 , but G235 also G2532 for conscience sake G1223 G4893 .
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6. And this is why you pay taxes too. Those rulers are working for God, and they give all their time to the work of ruling.
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6. For G1063 for this cause G1223 G5124 pay G5055 ye tribute G5411 also G2532 : for G1063 they are G1526 God G2316 's ministers G3011 , attending continually G4342 upon G1519 this very thing G5124 G846 .
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7. Give everyone what you owe them. If you owe them any kind of tax, then pay it. Show respect to those you should respect. And show honor to those you should honor.
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7. Render G591 therefore G3767 to all G3956 their dues G3782 : tribute G5411 to whom G3588 tribute G5411 is due ; custom G5056 to whom G3588 custom G5056 ; fear G5401 to whom G3588 fear G5401 ; honor G5092 to whom G3588 honor G5092 .
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8. You should owe nothing to anyone, except that you will always owe love to each other. The person who loves others has done all that the law commands.
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8. Owe G3784 no man G3367 any thing G3367 , but G1508 to love G25 one another G240 : for G1063 he that loveth G25 another G2087 hath fulfilled G4137 the law G3551 .
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9. The law says, "You must not commit adultery, you must not murder anyone, you must not steal, you must not want what belongs to someone else." All these commands and all other commands are really only one rule: "Love your neighbor the same as you love yourself."
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9. For G1063 this G3588 , Thou shalt not G3756 commit adultery G3431 , Thou shalt not G3756 kill G5407 , Thou shalt not G3756 steal G2813 , Thou shalt not G3756 bear false witness G5576 , Thou shalt not G3756 covet G1937 ; and G2532 if there be any G1536 other G2087 commandment G1785 , it is briefly comprehended G346 in G1722 this G5129 saying G3056 , namely G1722 G3588 , Thou shalt love G25 thy G4675 neighbor G4139 as G5613 thyself G1438 .
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10. Love doesn't hurt others. So loving is the same as obeying all the law.
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10. Love G26 worketh G2038 no G3756 ill G2556 to his neighbor G4139 : therefore G3767 love G26 is the fulfilling G4138 of the law G3551 .
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11. I say this because you know that we live in an important time. Yes, it is now time for you to wake up from your sleep. Our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
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11. And G2532 that G5124 , knowing G1492 the G3588 time G2540 , that G3754 now G2235 it is high time G5610 to G2248 awake G1453 out of G1537 sleep G5258 : for G1063 now G3568 is our G2257 salvation G4991 nearer G1452 than G2228 when G3753 we believed G4100 .
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12. The night is almost finished. The day is almost here. So we should stop doing whatever belongs to darkness. We should prepare ourselves to fight evil with the weapons that belong to the light.
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12. The G3588 night G3571 is far spent G4298 G1161 , the G3588 day G2250 is at hand G1448 : let us therefore G3767 cast off G659 the G3588 works G2041 of darkness G4655 , and G2532 let us put on G1746 the G3588 armor G3696 of light G5457 .
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13. We should live in a right way, like people who belong to the day. We should not have wild parties or be drunk. We should not be involved in sexual sin or any kind of immoral behavior. We should not cause arguments and trouble or be jealous.
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13. Let us walk G4043 honestly G2156 , as G5613 in G1722 the day G2250 ; not G3361 in rioting G2970 and G2532 drunkenness G3178 , not G3361 in chambering G2845 and G2532 wantonness G766 , not G3361 in strife G2054 and G2532 envying G2205 .
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14. But be like the Lord Jesus Christ, so that when people see what you do, they will see Christ. Don't think about how to satisfy your sinful self and the bad things you want to do.
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14. But G235 put ye on G1746 the G3588 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 , and G2532 make G4160 not G3361 provision G4307 for the G3588 flesh G4561 , to fulfill the G1519 lusts G1939 thereof.
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