Romans 13:7

Render therefore to all, the things due: tax to the man of tax, tribute to the man of tribute, fear to the man of fear, esteem to the man of esteem.

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In The King James Version

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

In Context

6For because of this ye also fulfill taxes, for they are servants of God being devoted to this same thing.

8Owe no man anything except to love each other, for he who loves the other has fulfilled law.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:3Every man shall fear his mother, and his father. And ye shall keep my Sabbaths. I am LORD your God.

1 Samuel 12:18So Samuel called to LORD, and LORD sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared LORD and Samuel.

Proverbs 24:21My son, fear thou LORD and the king, [and] do not associate with those who are given to change.

Matthew 22:21They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Therefore, render the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God.

Luke 20:25And he said to them, Then render the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God.

Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless ye also, each one in particular, shall so love his own wife as himself, and the wife that she fear her husband.

Matthew Henry on Romans 13:2-7

Obedience to Magistrates Enforced. ( a. d. 58.) 1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is the minister of God to thee… Read the whole commentary →

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