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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.
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1. Let every G3956 soul G5590 be subject G5293 unto the higher G5242 powers G1849 . For G1063 there is G2076 no G3756 power G1849 but G1508 of G575 God G2316 G1161 : the G3588 powers G1849 that be G5607 are G1526 ordained G5021 of G5259 God G2316 .
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2. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
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2. Whosoever therefore resisteth G498 G5620 the G3588 power G1849 , resisteth G436 the G3588 ordinance G1296 of God G2316 : and G1161 they that resist G436 shall receive G2983 to themselves G1438 damnation G2917 .
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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:
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3. For G1063 rulers G758 are G1526 not G3756 a terror G5401 to good G18 works G2041 , but G235 to the G3588 evil G2556 . Wilt G2309 thou then G1161 not G3361 be afraid G5399 of the G3588 power G1849 ? do G4160 that which is good G18 , and G2532 thou shalt have G2192 praise G1868 of G1537 the same G846 :
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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.
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4. For G1063 he is G2076 the minister G1249 of God G2316 to thee G4671 for G1519 good G18 . But G1161 if G1437 thou do G4160 that which is evil G2556 , be afraid G5399 ; for G1063 he beareth G5409 not G3756 the G3588 sword G3162 in vain G1500 : for G1063 he is G2076 the minister G1249 of God G2316 , a revenger G1558 to G1519 execute wrath G3709 upon him that doeth G4238 evil G2556 .
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5. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
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5. Wherefore G1352 ye must needs G318 be subject G5293 , not G3756 only G3440 for G1223 wrath G3709 , but G235 also G2532 for conscience sake G1223 G4893 .
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6. For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
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6. For G1063 for this cause G1223 G5124 pay G5055 ye tribute G5411 also G2532 : for G1063 they are G1526 God G2316 's ministers G3011 , attending continually G4342 upon G1519 this very thing G5124 G846 .
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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.
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7. Render G591 therefore G3767 to all G3956 their dues G3782 : tribute G5411 to whom G3588 tribute G5411 is due ; custom G5056 to whom G3588 custom G5056 ; fear G5401 to whom G3588 fear G5401 ; honor G5092 to whom G3588 honor G5092 .
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8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
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8. Owe G3784 no man G3367 any thing G3367 , but G1508 to love G25 one another G240 : for G1063 he that loveth G25 another G2087 hath fulfilled G4137 the law G3551 .
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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.
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9. For G1063 this G3588 , Thou shalt not G3756 commit adultery G3431 , Thou shalt not G3756 kill G5407 , Thou shalt not G3756 steal G2813 , Thou shalt not G3756 bear false witness G5576 , Thou shalt not G3756 covet G1937 ; and G2532 if there be any G1536 other G2087 commandment G1785 , it is briefly comprehended G346 in G1722 this G5129 saying G3056 , namely G1722 G3588 , Thou shalt love G25 thy G4675 neighbor G4139 as G5613 thyself G1438 .
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10. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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10. Love G26 worketh G2038 no G3756 ill G2556 to his neighbor G4139 : therefore G3767 love G26 is the fulfilling G4138 of the law G3551 .
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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.
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11. And G2532 that G5124 , knowing G1492 the G3588 time G2540 , that G3754 now G2235 it is high time G5610 to G2248 awake G1453 out of G1537 sleep G5258 : for G1063 now G3568 is our G2257 salvation G4991 nearer G1452 than G2228 when G3753 we believed G4100 .
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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.
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12. The G3588 night G3571 is far spent G4298 G1161 , the G3588 day G2250 is at hand G1448 : let us therefore G3767 cast off G659 the G3588 works G2041 of darkness G4655 , and G2532 let us put on G1746 the G3588 armor G3696 of light G5457 .
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13. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
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13. Let us walk G4043 honestly G2156 , as G5613 in G1722 the day G2250 ; not G3361 in rioting G2970 and G2532 drunkenness G3178 , not G3361 in chambering G2845 and G2532 wantonness G766 , not G3361 in strife G2054 and G2532 envying G2205 .
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14. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
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14. But G235 put ye on G1746 the G3588 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 , and G2532 make G4160 not G3361 provision G4307 for the G3588 flesh G4561 , to fulfill the G1519 lusts G1939 thereof.
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