Romans 13:7

Render, therefore, to all their dues; tribute, to whom tribute is due; custom, to whom custom; fear, to whom fear; honor, to whom honor is due.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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

6On this very account, too, pay tribute also: for they are the public servants of God, attending continually to this very thing.

8Owe no one any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another, has fulfilled the law.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:21They said to him: Cæsar’s. Then he said to them: Give, therefore, to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.

Luke 20:25He said to them: Give, therefore, to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.

Ephesians 5:33But yet, let each one of you so love his wife as himself; and let the wife see that she reverence 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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