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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Romans 13 Mace New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/romans/13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/romans/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Mace</a> > Romans 13</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../romans/12.htm" title="Romans 12">◄</a> Romans 13 <a href="../romans/14.htm" title="Romans 14">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Mace New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/romans/13-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Submission to Authorities<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_peter/2.htm#13">1 Peter 2:13–20</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Be every one of you subject to the ruling powers, for every ruler holds of God: the rulers in being are constituted by God. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>so that he who opposes the ruler, disobeys the orders of God: and will be punished too for resisting, by those very powers. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>rulers are not a terror to virtue, but to vice, would you then live without any dread of the civil power? do what is right, and you shall have his commendation. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>for his administration is appointed by God for your good, but if you do wrong, you have reason to be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain: he being the minister of God, to execute punishment upon malefactors. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>wherefore you ought to submit not only from an apprehension of punishment, but <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>from a principle of conscience, for this is the reason why you also pay tribute, because under God, they are continually <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>attending upon the publick administration, render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, reverence to whom reverence, honour to whom honour.<p> <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">Love Fulfills the Law<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Owe no man any thing, but mutual love: for he that <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>loves others hath fulfilled the law, 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 whatever social precept there be, it is reduced to this single head, <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self." the benevolent never does wrong to his neighbour: therefore benevolence is the fulfilling of the law.<p> <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">The Day Is Near<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Consider likewise the present season, that now it is high time to rouse out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>the night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore throw off the habits of darkness, and be invested with the ornaments of light. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>let us behave with decency as in open view; not with rioting and drunkenness, not with lewdness and brutality, not with strife and envy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>but imitate the Lord Jesus Christ, and by no means indulge any sensual desires.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Daniel Mace New Testament (1729)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../romans/12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Romans 12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Romans 12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../romans/14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Romans 14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Romans 14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>