Romans 13:7

Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

New Heart English Bible

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

6For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God's service, attending continually on this very thing.

8Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:3"'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

1 Samuel 12:18So Samuel called to the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the Lord and the king.Do not join those who are rebellious:

Matthew 22:21They said to him, "Caesar's."Then he said to them, "Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

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

Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects 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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