02/25 ~ From New Testament Letters
🕊️ (In the Order Believed Written)
Paul’s Letter To The Romans
{Dear Roman brothers and sisters, although pagan concepts, we all renounce, are woven into the civil order} 1 - Let every person be subject to the governing powers, not being disorderly and rebellious. For order is from God,. 2 Therefore whoever resists the order resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment/suffer the consequences. 3 Authorities are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the authority? Then do what is good, and you’ll receive approval, 4 for he is a servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he doesn’t police in vain but is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore we must subject ourself, not only to avoid God's wrath {suffer consequences} but also for the sake of conscience. 6 We pay taxes for the same reason, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 {What I mean is} Pay to all what is owed to them, taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
8 Owe no one anything! Except to love each other, for those who love their fellow person has fulfilled the law.
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🗝️ [ ] - word/language insights, usually from biblehub dot com - peering through translator partial unbelief; facts, cross references, etc.
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Tomorrows verses - Romans 13:9-14
My own studies. Verses paraphrased.
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