The Latin Vulgate VUL
New King James Version NKJV
1 omnis anima potestatibus sublimioribus subdita sit non est enim potestas nisi a Deo quae autem sunt a Deo ordinatae sunt
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Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.
2 itaque qui resistit potestati Dei ordinationi resistit qui autem resistunt ipsi sibi damnationem adquirunt
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Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.
3 nam principes non sunt timori boni operis sed mali vis autem non timere potestatem bonum fac et habebis laudem ex illa
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For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same.
4 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
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For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.
5 ideo necessitate subditi estote non solum propter iram sed et propter conscientiam
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Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience' sake.
6 ideo enim et tributa praestatis ministri enim Dei sunt in hoc ipsum servientes
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For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God's ministers attending continually to this very thing.
7 reddite omnibus debita cui tributum tributum cui vectigal vectigal cui timorem timorem cui honorem honorem
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Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
8 nemini quicquam debeatis nisi ut invicem diligatis qui enim diligit proximum legem implevit
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Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
9 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
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For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
10 dilectio proximo malum non operatur plenitudo ergo legis est dilectio
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Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
11 et hoc scientes tempus quia hora est iam nos de somno surgere nunc enim propior est nostra salus quam cum credidimus
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And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
12 nox praecessit dies autem adpropiavit abiciamus ergo opera tenebrarum et induamur arma lucis
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The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
13 sicut in die honeste ambulemus non in comesationibus et ebrietatibus non in cubilibus et inpudicitiis non in contentione et aemulatione
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Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.
14 sed induite Dominum Iesum Christum et carnis curam ne feceritis in desideriis
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But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.