Romans 13:6-14 ▼

6 For, on this account, ye pay tribute also; for they are God's ministers, attending continually to this very thing.

7 Render to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due ; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

8 Owe no one anything, but to love one another; for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.

9 For this, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not kill," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet;" and, if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

10 Love works no ill to one's neighbor: therefore, love is a fulfillment of the law.

11 And this, knowing the season, that it is time already for you to be aroused out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when ye believed.

12 The night was far spent, and the day has drawn near; let us, therefore, put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

13 As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkenness, not in lewdness and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy;

14 but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill its desires.