Romans 13:7
Render therefore to all men their dues. Tribute, to whom tribute is due: custom, to whom custom: fear, to whom fear: honour, to whom honour.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6For therefore also you pay tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving unto this purpose.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:3Let every one fear his father, and his mother. Keep my sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
1 Samuel 12:18And Samuel cried unto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day.
Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the Lord and the king: and have nothing to do with detracters.
Matthew 22:21They say to him: Caesar's. Then he saith to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God, the things that are God's.
Luke 20:25And he said to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's: and to God the things that are God's.
Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular love his wife as himself: and let the wife 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 →