Romans 13:6-10
New King James Version
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.
Love Your Neighbor(B)
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for (C)he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, (D)“You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” [a]“You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, (E)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore (F)love is the fulfillment of the law.
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- Romans 13:9 NU omits “You shall not bear false witness,”
Romans 13:6-10
New International Version
6 This is also why you pay taxes,(A) for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing. 7 Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes;(B) if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
Love Fulfills the Law
8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.(C) 9 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,”[a](D) and whatever other command there may be, are summed up(E) in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b](F) 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.(G)
Footnotes
- Romans 13:9 Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deut. 5:17-19,21
- Romans 13:9 Lev. 19:18
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