Romans 13

Romans 13:1

• Let every
• Let

• person
• soul

• be
• be in

• subject to the
• subjection to the

• governing
• higher

• authorities, for there
• authorities. For there
• authorities; for there
• authorities because there
• authorities, because there
• authorities. There

• is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist

• have been
• are

• instituted by
• appointed by
• established by
• put in place by

• God,
• God.

Romans 13:2

• Therefore, whoever
• Therefore whoever

• resists
• resists the

• authority
• government
• authorities

• opposes what
• is rebelling against what
• resists what

• Godhas appointed, and those who

• resist
• oppose it

• will

• bring
• be
• receive
• incur

• judgment on themselves.
• punished.
• punishment on themselves.
• judgment
• judgment.

Romans 13:3

• For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to

• evil.
• bad.

• Do you

• want to
• wish to

• have no
• be

• fear of the
• unafraid of the
• fear of the one in
• fear of

• authority?

• Then do what
• Do what

• is

• good, and
• good and
• right and

• you will have praise from the

• same,
• same;
• same.

Romans 13:4

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Romans 13:5

• Therefore
• Therefore,

• it is necessary to be in subjection, not

• only because of
• only because of the

• wrath but
• wrath, but

• also because of
• also for
• also as a
• also for the

• conscience.
• conscience’ sake.
• matter of conscience.

Romans 13:6

• For because of this you
• For this reason you

• also pay

• taxes, for the
• taxes; for the
• taxes. The
• taxes, for
• taxes.

• authorities
• Rulers
• rulers
• they

• are
• serve

• servants of
• working for
• ministers of

• God,

• devoting themselves to this
• attending to this

• very thing.

Romans 13:7

• Pay to all what is

• due
• owed to

• them:
• them—

• taxes to whom taxes are

• due;
• due,

• revenue to whom revenue is

• due;
• due,

• respect to whom respect is

• due;
• due,

• honor to whom honor is due.

Romans 13:8

• Owe no
• Owe

• nothing to
• one

• anything, except to
• anything except to
• anyone except to
• anyone, except to

• love one another; for the
• love one another, for the
• love one another, for
• love one another; for

• one who
• he who

• loves his neighbor

• has
• have

• fulfilled the
• done all that the

• Law.
• law.

Romans 13:9

• The commandments, ‘
• The commandments, “
• The law says, “

• You

• shall
• must

• not commit

• adultery;
• adultery,” “
• adultery.
• adultery,

• you
• You

• shall
• must

• not

• murder.
• murder,” “
• murder;
• murder,
• kill;
• kill,
• murder anyone,
• murder anyone.

• you
• You

• shall
• must

• not

• steal,
• steal;
• steal.
• steal,” “

• you
• You

• shall
• must

• not

• covet,’ and whatever
• covet,” and whatever
• covet; and whatever

• other

• commandment
• commandment,
• commandment—
• commandments—
• commandments,
• commandment there

• are
• are all

• summed up in this
• summed up in this one

• saying, namely “
• saying, namely, “
• word:
• word: “
• word, “
• saying, “

• You shall love
• Love
• You must love

• your neighbor as

• yourself.
• yourself.”

Romans 13:10

• Love

• does no
• doesn’t
• never

• wrong to a
• wrong to
• harm to
• harm to a

• neighbor,
• neighbor.
• neighbor;
• its neighbor.
• its neighbor;
• others.
• others,

• therefore
• Therefore
• therefore,
• So
• so

• love
• loving

• is the

• fulfillment of the
• fulfilling of the

• law.

Romans 13:11

• And do this because you

• know the
• know what

• time, that
• time;
• time,

• it is

• already the
• already

• time for
• hour for

• you to
• us to

• wake up from
• awake from
• wake from

• sleep. For
• sleep, for
• sleep.
• sleep;
• your sleep.

• our
• Our

• salvation

• is nearer
• is

• now than when

• we first
• we

• believed;
• believed.
• became believers.
• became believers;

Romans 13:12

• The night
• the night
• The “night”
• Night

• is

• almost
• nearly
• far

• over, and the
• over and the
• gone, and the
• over; the
• gone, the
• gone; the

• day

• is
• is at

• almost here.
• near,

• So
• so

• letus

• throw off the
• get rid of the
• cast off the

• deeds of
• works of

• darkness and
• darkness, and

• put on the

• armor of
• weapons of

• light;
• light.

Romans 13:13

• Let
• let

• us

• live
• walk
• behave
• conduct

• properly, as in the
• properly as in the
• decently, as in the
• decently as in the
• becomingly, as in the

• day,
• day.
• day;
• daytime,

• not in

• carousing and
• orgies and
• reveling and

• drunkenness;
• drunkenness,

• not in

• sexual immorality and
• sexual promiscuity and

• licentiousness,
• sensuality,

• not in

• strife and
• quarreling and

• jealousy.

Romans 13:14

• But put on the
• Instead, put on the

• Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the

• flesh to
• flesh, to

• gratify its

• desires.
• lusts.