New Century Version NCV
The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 All of you must yield to the government rulers. No one rules unless God has given him the power to rule, and no one rules now without that power from God.
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omnis anima potestatibus sublimioribus subdita sit non est enim potestas nisi a Deo quae autem sunt a Deo ordinatae sunt
2 So those who are against the government are really against what God has commanded. And they will bring punishment on themselves.
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itaque qui resistit potestati Dei ordinationi resistit qui autem resistunt ipsi sibi damnationem adquirunt
3 Those who do right do not have to fear the rulers; only those who do wrong fear them. Do you want to be unafraid of the rulers? Then do what is right, and they will praise you.
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nam principes non sunt timori boni operis sed mali vis autem non timere potestatem bonum fac et habebis laudem ex illa
4 The ruler is God's servant to help you. But if you do wrong, then be afraid. He has the power to punish; he is God's servant to punish those who do wrong.
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Dei enim minister est tibi in bonum si autem male feceris time non enim sine causa gladium portat Dei enim minister est vindex in iram ei qui malum agit
5 So you must yield to the government, not only because you might be punished, but because you know it is right.
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ideo necessitate subditi estote non solum propter iram sed et propter conscientiam
6 This is also why you pay taxes. Rulers are working for God and give their time to their work.
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ideo enim et tributa praestatis ministri enim Dei sunt in hoc ipsum servientes
7 Pay everyone, then, what you owe. If you owe any kind of tax, pay it. Show respect and honor to them all.
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reddite omnibus debita cui tributum tributum cui vectigal vectigal cui timorem timorem cui honorem honorem
8 Do not owe people anything, except always owe love to each other, because the person who loves others has obeyed all the law.
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nemini quicquam debeatis nisi ut invicem diligatis qui enim diligit proximum legem implevit
9 The law says, "You must not be guilty of adultery. You must not murder anyone. You must not steal. You must not want to take your neighbor's things." All these commands and all others are really only one rule: "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."
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nam non adulterabis non occides non furaberis non concupisces et si quod est aliud mandatum in hoc verbo instauratur diliges proximum tuum tamquam te ipsum
10 Love never hurts a neighbor, so loving is obeying all the law.
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dilectio proximo malum non operatur plenitudo ergo legis est dilectio
11 Do this because we live in an important time. It is now time for you to wake up from your sleep, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
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et hoc scientes tempus quia hora est iam nos de somno surgere nunc enim propior est nostra salus quam cum credidimus
12 The "night" is almost finished, and the "day" is almost here. So we should stop doing things that belong to darkness and take up the weapons used for fighting in the light.
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nox praecessit dies autem adpropiavit abiciamus ergo opera tenebrarum et induamur arma lucis
13 Let us live in a right way, like people who belong to the day. We should not have wild parties or get drunk. There should be no sexual sins of any kind, no fighting or jealousy.
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sicut in die honeste ambulemus non in comesationibus et ebrietatibus non in cubilibus et inpudicitiis non in contentione et aemulatione
14 But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ and forget about satisfying your sinful self.
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sed induite Dominum Iesum Christum et carnis curam ne feceritis in desideriis
Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.