| 13:1 | Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. |
| 13:2 | Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. |
| 13:3 | For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: |
| 13:3 | 作官的原不是叫行善的懼怕、乃是叫作惡的懼怕。你願意不懼怕掌權的麼．你只要行善、就可得他的稱讚． |
| 13:3 | 作官的原不是叫行善的惧怕，乃是叫作恶的惧怕。你愿意不惧怕掌权的麽。你只要行善，就可得他的称赞。 |
| 1pe:2:14 | Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. |
| 1pe:2:15 | For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: |
| 1pe:3:13 | And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? |
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| 13:4 | For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. |
| 13:5 | Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. |
| 13:6 | For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. |
| 13:7 | Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. |
| 13:8 | Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. |
| 13:9 | 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 if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. |
| 13:10 | Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. |
| 13:11 | And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. |
| 13:12 | 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. |
| 13:13 | Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. |
| 13:14 | But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. |
