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Romans 13 Worsley's New Testament
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Wouldest thou then not be afraid of the <i>civil</i> power? do <i>what is</i> good, and thou shalt have praise from it: <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou dost evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is <i>also</i> the minister of God, <i>as</i> an avenger to <i>execute his</i> wrath upon the malefactor. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Wherefore it is necessary to submit, not only on account of punishment, but also of conscience. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For you pay <i>them</i> tribute also for this <i>reason;</i> because they are God's ministers, continually attending hereunto. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Render therefore to all <i>what is</i> their due: tribute to whom tribute <i>is due,</i> custom to whom custom, reverence to whom reverence, honor to whom honor.<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 one any thing, but to love one another; for he that loveth others hath fulfilled the law: <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>for this <i>command,</i> Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet, and every other <i>social</i> precept, is summed up in this, namely, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Love worketh no evil to <i>our</i> neighbour: therefore love <i>is</i> 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>And this <i>let us observe,</i> knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we <i>first</i> 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 cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Let us behave decently as <i>being</i> in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lasciviousness, not in strife and envying. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But put on the Lord Jesus, and make not provision for the flesh to <i>gratify its irregular</i> desires.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Worsley's New Testament (1770)<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>