| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. | 1Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. |
| 2Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. | 2Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. |
| 3For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, | 3For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; |
| 4for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. | 4for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. |
| 5Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. | 5Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience' sake. |
| 6For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. | 6For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. |
| 7Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed. | 7Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. |
| 8Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. | 8Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. |
| 9For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” | 9For this, "YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, YOU SHALL NOT COVET," and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." |
| 10Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. | 10Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. |
| 11Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. | 11Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. |
| 12The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. | 12The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. |
| 13Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. | 13Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. |
| 14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. | 14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts. |
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