1Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers: for there is no power but of God: and the powers that be, are ordained of God.
2Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist, shall receive to themselves condemnation.
3For Magistrates are not to be feared for good works, but for evil. Wilt thou then be without fear of the power? do well: so shalt thou have praise of the same.
4For he is the minister of God for thy wealth: but if thou do evil, fear: for he beareth not the sword for nought: for he is the minister of God to take vengeance on him that doeth evil.
5Wherefore ye must be subject, not because of wrath only, but also for conscience sake.
6For, for this cause ye pay also tribute: for they are God’s ministers, applying themselves for the same thing.
7Give to all men therefore their duty: tribute, to whom ye owe tribute: custom, to whom custom: fear, to whom fear: honor, to whom ye owe honor.
8Owe nothing to any man, but to love one another: for he that loveth another, hath fulfilled the Law.
9For 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, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
10Love doeth not evil to his neighbor: therefore is love the fulfilling of the Law.
11And that, considering the season, that it is now time that we should arise from sleep: for now is our salvation nearer, than when we believed it.
12The night is past, and the day is at hand, let us therefore cast away the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light,
13So that we walk honestly, as in the day: not in gluttony, and drunkenness, neither in chambering and wantonness, nor in strife and envying.
14But put ye on the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and take no thought for the flesh, to fulfill the lust of it.