²⁵ And He said to them, ^(A)“Render^[a] therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

⁶ For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. ^7 (A)Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.

Submission to Government^(A)

^13 (B)Therefore submit yourselves to every ^[a]ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, ¹⁴ or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. ¹⁵ For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men— ^16 (C)as free, yet not ^(D)using liberty as a cloak for ^[b]vice, but as bondservants of God. ¹⁷ Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear ^(E)God. Honor the king.

^31 (A)Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

²⁹ But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: ^(A)“We ought to obey God rather than men.