Romans 13:6
For, for this cause ye pay also tribute: for they are Gods ministers, applying themselues for the same thing.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
5Wherefore ye must bee subiect, not because of wrath only, but also for conscience sake.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:9And I spake vnto you the same time, saying, I am not able to beare you my selfe alone:
2 Samuel 8:5Then came the Aramites of Dammesek to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, but Dauid slewe of the Aramites two and twenty thousande men.
Ezra 4:13Be it knowen nowe vnto the King, that if this citie be built, and the foundations of the walles layed, they will not giue tolle, tribute, nor custome: so shalt thou hinder the Kings tribute.
Ezra 6:8For I haue giuen a commandement what ye shall doe to the Elders of these Iewes, for the buylding of this house of God, that of the reuenues of the King, which is of the tribute beyonde the Riuer, there be incontinently expenses giuen vnto these men that they cease not.
Job 29:7When I went out to the gate, euen to the iudgement seat, and when I caused them to prepare my seate in the streete.
Matthew 22:17Tell vs therefore, how thinkest thou? Is it lawfull to giue tribute vnto Cesar, 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 →