- Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God.
- Pay your taxes, too, for these same reasons. For government workers need to be paid. They are serving God in what they do.
- Give to everyone what you owe them: Pay your taxes and government fees to those who collect them, and give respect and honor to those who are in authority.
- Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law.
- For the commandments say, “You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not covet.” These—and other such commandments—are summed up in this one commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God’s law.
- Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.
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