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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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 for this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God’s service, attending continually upon this very thing.

8Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.

1 Samuel 12:18So Samuel called unto Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.

Proverbs 24:21My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

Matthew 22:21They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.

Luke 20:25And he said unto them, Render then unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s.

Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see 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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