Romans 13:7

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

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KJV

King James Version

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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WEB

World English Bible

Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Pay to all their dues: to whom the tax, the tax; to whom the revenue, the revenue; to whom the fear, the fear; to whom the honor, the honor.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Romans 13

⁵ Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.

⁶ This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.

⁷ Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

⁸ Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

⁹ The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

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