Romans 13:7

Render therefore to all their dues: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor. 1 Love Your Neighbor

English Majority Text (NT)

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 on account of this you also pay taxes, for they are ministers of God, always giving attention to this very thing.

8Owe nothing to no one, except to love one another, for he who loves one another has fulfilled the law.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:21They said to Him, “Caesar's.” And He said 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 you also individually, let each one love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respect 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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