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Romans 13:7

World English Bible

Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

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Romans 13:7 in other translations

Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

Romans 13:7 · American Standard Version

Romans 13:7 in context

  1. 5Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.
  2. 6For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing.
  3. 7Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
  4. 8Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
  5. 9For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”