Romans 13:6

Why, this is really the reason you pay taxes; for tax-gatherers are ministers of God, devoting their energies to this very work.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

5We must obey therefore, not only in order to escape punishment, but also for conscience' sake.

7Pay promptly to all men what is due to them: taxes to those to whom taxes are due, toll to those to whom toll is due, respect to those to whom respect is due, honour to those to whom honour is due.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:17Give us your judgement therefore: is it allowable for us to pay a poll-tax 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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