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Romans Chapter 13

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In Romans 13 the apostle Paul urges believers to obey civil authorities and respect the state, because God has placed them under earthly rule. He explains that the law of the land is given by God and should be followed, while Christians must not break the commandments of God.

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(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.
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Deuteronomy 17:12Ephesians 5:21Titus 3:1I Peter 2:13I Peter 2:14I Peter 2:15I Peter 2:16I Peter 2:17II Peter 2:10II Peter 2:11Jude 1:8I Samuel 2:8

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Titus 3:1I Peter 3:22

(2) Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
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Jeremiah 23:8Jeremiah 23:9Jeremiah 23:10Jeremiah 23:11Jeremiah 23:12Jeremiah 23:13Jeremiah 23:14Jeremiah 23:15Jeremiah 23:16Jeremiah 23:17Jeremiah 44:14Jeremiah 44:15

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Mark 9:37Luke 9:48Matthew 5:22

(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:
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Romans 13:4Deuteronomy 25:1Proverbs 14:35Proverbs 20:2Ecclesiastes 10:4Ecclesiastes 10:5Ecclesiastes 10:6Jeremiah 22:15Jeremiah 22:16Jeremiah 22:17Jeremiah 22:18I Peter 2:13

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II Kings 8:12Psalms 150:1Exodus 18:21Exodus 18:25Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6

(4) For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
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Romans 13:6I Kings 10:9II Chronicles 19:6Psalms 82:2Psalms 82:3Psalms 82:4Proverbs 24:23Proverbs 24:24Proverbs 31:8Proverbs 31:9Ecclesiastes 8:2Ecclesiastes 8:3

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Numbers 18:2Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6Isaiah 60:10

(5) Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
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I Samuel 24:5I Samuel 24:6Ecclesiastes 8:2Titus 3:1Titus 3:2I Peter 2:13I Peter 2:14I Peter 2:15Acts 24:16Hebrews 13:18I Peter 2:19I Peter 3:16

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I Corinthians 10:28

(6) For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
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Ezra 4:13Ezra 4:20Ezra 6:8Nehemiah 5:4Matthew 17:24Matthew 17:25Matthew 17:26Matthew 17:27Matthew 22:17Matthew 22:18Matthew 22:19Matthew 22:20

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Matthew 17:24

(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.
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Luke 20:25Leviticus 19:3I Samuel 12:18Proverbs 24:21Ephesians 5:33Ephesians 6:5I Peter 2:18Exodus 20:12Leviticus 19:32Ephesians 6:2Ephesians 6:3I Timothy 5:13

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Ezra 4:13Ezra 4:20Ezra 7:24Matthew 17:25Numbers 24:11I Samuel 2:30

(8) Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
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Romans 13:7Deuteronomy 24:14Deuteronomy 24:15Proverbs 3:27Proverbs 3:28Matthew 7:12Matthew 22:39Matthew 22:40Romans 13:10Galatians 5:14Colossians 3:14I Timothy 1:5

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Luke 6:32Hosea 3:1John 14:21Ephesians 5:28I John 2:15I John 4:7

(9) For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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Exodus 20:12Exodus 20:13Exodus 20:14Exodus 20:15Exodus 20:16Exodus 20:17Deuteronomy 5:16Deuteronomy 5:17Deuteronomy 5:18Deuteronomy 5:19Deuteronomy 5:20Deuteronomy 5:21

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Mark 10:19Luke 18:20Matthew 19:18James 2:11Romans 2:22Exodus 20:16

(10) Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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I Corinthians 13:4I Corinthians 13:5I Corinthians 13:6I Corinthians 13:7Romans 13:8Matthew 22:40

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Luke 6:32Hosea 3:1I John 2:15I John 4:16I John 4:18Mark 12:33

(11) And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
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Isaiah 21:11Isaiah 21:12Matthew 16:3Matthew 24:42Matthew 24:43Matthew 24:44I Thessalonians 5:1I Thessalonians 5:2I Thessalonians 5:3Jonah 1:6Matthew 25:5Matthew 25:6

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Judges 5:12Psalms 57:8Isaiah 51:9

(12) The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
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Song of Solomon 2:17I John 2:8Isaiah 2:20Isaiah 30:22Ezekiel 18:31Ezekiel 18:32Ephesians 4:22Colossians 3:8Colossians 3:9James 1:21I Peter 2:1Job 24:14

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Exodus 14:20Job 10:22Psalms 139:12Isaiah 5:20Matthew 6:23John 12:35

(13) Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
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Luke 1:6Galatians 5:16Galatians 5:25Ephesians 4:1Ephesians 4:17Ephesians 5:2Ephesians 5:8Ephesians 5:15Philippians 1:27Philippians 3:16Philippians 3:17Philippians 3:18

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I Corinthians 3:3

(14) But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
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Galatians 3:27Ephesians 4:24Colossians 3:10Colossians 3:11Colossians 3:12Romans 8:12Romans 8:13Galatians 5:16Galatians 5:17Galatians 5:24Colossians 3:5Colossians 3:6

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