Romans 13:7
Therefore, render to all whatever is owed. Taxes, to whom taxes is due; revenue, to whom revenue is due; fear, to whom fear is due; honor, to whom honor is due.
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In Context
6Therefore, you must also offer tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving him in this.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:3Let each one fear his father and his mother. Observe my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
1 Samuel 12:18And Samuel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain on that day.
Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the Lord, as well as the king. And do not mingle with detractors.
Matthew 22:21They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Then render to Caesar what is of Caesar; and to God what is of God.”
Luke 20:25And so, he said to them: “Then repay the things that are Caesar’s, to Caesar, and the things that are God’s, to God.”
Ephesians 5:33Yet truly, each and every one of you should love his wife as himself. And a wife should 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 →