1Every being should be subject to the authorities being above him; for there is not authority except by God, however those existing authorities are instituted by God.
2Therefore the one who resists the authority has resisted the ordinance of God; and those having resisted will bring judgment upon themselves.
3For rulers are not a terror to the good work but to the evil. Now do you desire not to fear the authority? Perform the good, and you will have praise from him;
4for he is a servant of God to you for the good. However, if you shall do the evil, be afraid; for not in vain he bears the sword; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to the one doing the evil.
5Therefore it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of the wrath but also on account of the conscience.
6For because of this you also pay taxes; for they are servants of God, attending continually upon this very thing.
7Therefore render to all their dues: to whom the tax, the tax; to whom the revenue, the revenue; to whom the respect, the respect; to whom the honor, the honor.
8Owe nothing to no one, except to love one another; for the one loving the other has fulfilled the Law;
9For: You will not commit adultery, You will not murder, You will not steal, You will not bear false witness, You will not covet; and if any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, in the saying: You will love your neighbour as yourself.
10Love does no evil to the neighbour; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
11And this, knowing the appointed-time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when first we trusted;
12the night is nearly over and the day has drawn near. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on now the armor of light.
13As in daytime let us walk properly, not in reveling and in drinking, not in sexual immorality and in sensuality, not in dissension and in jealousy;
14but put on the Lord Jesus the Anointed One, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.