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 Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 detractors.
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 for 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 →