Romans 13:7
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
8Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Cross References
Matthew 22:21They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he to them, Render therefore to Caesar, the things which are Caesar’s; and to God, the things which are God’s.
Luke 20:25Then said he to them, Pay therefore to Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and to God the things which are God’s.
Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless let every one of you individually see that each love his own wife even as himself; but the wife that she stand in awe of the 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 →