Romans 13:6

Because of this you pay taxes also. For authorities are servants of God, who attend to this very thing continually.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Therefore you must obey, not only because of the wrath, but also because of conscience.

7Pay to everyone what is owed to them. Tax to whom tax is due, toll to whom toll is due; fear to whom fear is due, honor to whom honor is due.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:9I spoke to you at that time, saying, 'I am not able to carry you myself alone.

2 Samuel 8:5When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand Aramean men.

Ezra 4:13Now let the king know that if this city is built and the wall is completed, they will not give any tribute and taxes, but they will harm the kings.

Ezra 6:8I am ordering that you must do this for these Jewish elders who build this house of God: Funds from the king's tribute beyond the River will be used to pay these men so they do not have to stop their work.

Job 29:7When I went out to the city gate, 1 when I sat in my place in the city square, 1

Matthew 22:17So tell us, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

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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