Romans 13:7
Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes, customs to whom customs, respect to whom respect, honor to whom honor.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
8Owe no one anything except to love one another, since he who loves the other has fulfilled the law.
Cross References
Matthew 22:21They say to Him, “Caesar's.” Then He says to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's!”
Luke 20:25So He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”
Ephesians 5:33In any case, each of you individually: let each one love his own wife as himself, while the wife must 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 →