ROMANS EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS 13 CHAPTER 13

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EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS 13 CHAPTER 13

Bible Text from: https://www.bible.com/bible/111/ROM.13.NIV

Submission to Governing Authorities

1 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. (Authority belongs to God.)

2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.

3 For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. (Rulers should be good as being commissioned by God.)

4 For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. (Rulers must serve God's value to the people.)

5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience. (We must submit to the authority to be confident.)

6 This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing. (We must support the autority with tax to support them.)

7 Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. (We must support others rather than to be burdens.)

There could be bad authorities which we must fight against.

(Eph. 6:10-12, 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.)

Love Fulfills the Law

8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. (We must be indebted only in love but nothing else.)

9 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Love is the spirit of the law.)

10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

The Day Is Near

11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. (The present time is the only time we live in.)

12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. (The end time is coming so we live in light.)

13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. (We must not waste our lives with useless things of life.)

14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh. (Stay under the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ but not for the lust, desire, and pride.)

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