Romans 13:7
Pay whatever you owe: taxes to the tax authorities, fees to the fee-collectors; give respect to those who should be respected, honor those who should be honored.
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In Context
6That's why you have to pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants taking care of such things.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:3Show respect for your mother and father, and keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
1 Samuel 12:18Then Samuel prayed to the Lord, and that very day the Lord sent thunder and rain. Everyone was in absolute awe of the Lord and of Samuel.
Proverbs 24:21My son, honor the Lord and the king, and don't join those who are rebellious,
Matthew 22:21“Caesar's,” they replied. “You should give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God,” he told them.
Luke 20:25“Then give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give back to God what belongs to God,” he told them.
Ephesians 5:33However, each husband should love his own wife as he does himself, and the wife should 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 →