1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God-The Father: the powers that be are ordained of God-The Father.

2 Whosoever therefore resists the power, resists the ordinance of God-The Father: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Will youi then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and youi shall have praise of the same:

4 For he is the minister of God-The Father to youi for good. But if youi do that which is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God-The Father, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that does evil.

5 For what reason [you2f] must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

6 For for this cause pay you2f tribute also: for they are God-The Father’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.

9 For this, youi shall not commit adultery, youi shall not kill, youi shall not steal, youi shall not bear false witness, youi shall not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, youi shall love youri neighbour as yourself.

10 Love works no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.

11 And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.

12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in lewdness (sexual indulgence) and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

14 But put you2f on the Lord - Kurios [he to whom a person belongs] Yeshua [God is Salvation] Moshiach [Messiah], and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfill] the lusts [thereof].