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5 Wherefore [ye] must needs be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.
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5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience.
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6 For this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God's service, attending continually upon this very thing.
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6 This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing.
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7 Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
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7 Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
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8 Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.
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8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.
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9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
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9 The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
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10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.
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10 Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
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11 And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we [first] believed.
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11 And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
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12 The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
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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.
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13 Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.
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13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
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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 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
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