Romans 13:7

Therefore render to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, fear to whom fear is due, and honor to whom honor is due.

Text-Critical English 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

6That is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are servants of God, attending continually to this work.

8Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another, for he who loves others has fulfilled the law.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:21They said to him, “Caesar's.” So he said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”

Luke 20:25He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”

Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless, each man among you must love his own wife as he loves himself, and 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 →

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