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New English Bible (New Testament) |
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New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
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| 13 1 | Every person must submit to the supreme authorities. There is no authority but by act of God, and the existing authorities are instituted by him; | Obedience to Rulers Ro.13.1-7 | Πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἐξουσίαις ὑπερεχούσαις ὑποτασσέσθω. οὐ γὰρ ἐστιν ἐξουσία εἰ μὴ ὑπὸ θεοῦ, αἱ δὲ οὖσαι ὑπὸ θεοῦ τεταγμέναι εἰσίν· |
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| 2 | consequently anyone who rebels against authority is resisting a divine institution, and those who so resist have themselves to thank for the punishment they will receive. | | ὡστε ὁ ἀντιτασσόμενος τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ διαταγῇ ἀνθέστηκεν, οἱ δὲ ἀνθεστηκότες ἑαυτοῖς κρίμα λήμψονται. |
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| 3 | For government, a terror to crime, has no terrors for good behaviour. You wish to have no fear of the authorities? Then continue to do right and you will have their approval, | | οἱ γὰρ ἀρχοντες οὐκ εἰσὶν φόβος τῷ ἀγαθῷ ἐργῳ ἀλλὰ τῷ κακῷ. θέλεις δὲ μὴ φοβεῖσθαι τὴν ἐξουσίαν; τὸ ἀγαθὸν ποίει, καὶ ἑξεις ἐπαινον ἐξ αὐτῆς· |
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| 4 | for they are God's agents working for your good. But if you are doing wrong, then you will have cause to fear them; it is not for nothing that they hold the power of the sword, for they are God's agents of punishment, for retribution on the offender. | | θεοῦ γὰρ διάκονός ἐστιν σοὶ εἰς τὸ ἀγαθόν. ἐὰν δὲ τὸ κακὸν ποιῇς, φοβοῦ· οὐ γὰρ εἰκῇ τὴν μάχαιραν φορεῖ· θεοῦ γὰρ διάκονός ἐστιν, ἐκδικος εἰς ὀργὴν τῷ τὸ κακὸν πρα σσοντι. |
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| 5 | That is why you are obliged to submit. It is an obligation imposed not merely by fear of retribution but by conscience. | | διὸ ἀνάγκη ὑποτάσσεσθαι, οὐ μόνον διὰ τὴν ὀργὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τὴν συνείδησιν. |
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| 6 | That is also why you pay taxes. The authorities are in God's service and to these duties they devote their energies.
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| 7 | Discharge your obligations to all men; pay tax and toll, reverence and respect, to those to whom they are due. | | ἀπόδοτε πᾶσιν τὰς ὀφειλάς, τῷ τὸν φόρον τὸν φόρον, τῷ τὸ τέλος τὸ τέλος, τῷ τὸν φόβον τὸν φόβον, τῷ τὴν τιμὴν τὴν τιμήν. |
