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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 NIV</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">NIV</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 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">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/romans/13.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Submission to Governing Authorities</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Love Fulfills the Law</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deut. 5:17-19,21">a</a></sup></span> and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Lev. 19:18">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Day Is Near</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.">c</a></sup></span> </p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotebot">Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deut. 5:17-19,21</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotebot">Lev. 19:18</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotebot">In contexts like this, the Greek word for <i>flesh</i> (<i>sarx</i>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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