NITHYAM SONGSRomans 13
World English Bible (WEB) • 14 verses
1Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.
2Therefore he who resists the authority withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.
3For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the authority,
RelatedEcclesiastes 10:4-6 · Proverbs 14:35 · Proverbs 20:2 · 1 Peter 2:13-14 · Deuteronomy 25:1 · Jeremiah 22:15-18
4for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.
RelatedRomans 12:19 · 2 Chronicles 19:6 · Proverbs 24:23-24 · Proverbs 16:14 · Proverbs 20:2 · Psalms 82:2-4
5Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.
RelatedActs 24:16 · 1 Peter 2:19 · Ecclesiastes 8:2 · 1 Peter 2:13-15 · Titus 3:1-2 · 1 Samuel 24:5-6
6For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing.
RelatedMatthew 22:17-21 · Luke 23:2 · Luke 20:21-26 · Mark 12:14-17 · Matthew 17:24-27 · 1 Chronicles 18:14
7Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
RelatedLuke 20:25 · Proverbs 24:21 · 1 Peter 2:17-18 · Matthew 17:25 · 1 Timothy 5:17 · Matthew 22:21
8Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
RelatedRomans 13:10 · Matthew 22:39-40 · Galatians 5:14 · Matthew 7:12 · Proverbs 3:27-28 · John 13:34
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.”
RelatedExodus 20:12-17 · Matthew 22:39 · Mark 12:31 · Luke 10:27 · Deuteronomy 5:16-21 · Leviticus 19:18
10Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
11Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
Related1 Thessalonians 5:5-8 · 1 Peter 4:7 · Ephesians 5:14 · Matthew 24:42-44 · Mark 13:35-37 · 1 Corinthians 15:34
12The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.
RelatedEzekiel 18:31-32 · Ephesians 5:11 · 2 Corinthians 6:7 · Colossians 3:8-17 · James 1:21 · Ephesians 6:11-18
13Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.
RelatedGalatians 5:21 · Ephesians 5:18 · 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 · 1 Peter 4:3-5 · 1 Thessalonians 4:12 · Ephesians 5:15
14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
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Translation: World English Bible (public domain) and the Tamil Old Version (BSI) — 1957.