1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. 6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’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 loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 10 Love worketh 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 chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
1 omnis anima potestatibus sublimioribus subdita sit
non est enim potestas nisi a Deo
quae autem sunt a Deo ordinatae sunt
2 itaque qui resistit potestati Dei ordinationi resistit
qui autem resistunt ipsi sibi damnationem adquirunt
3 nam principes non sunt timori boni operis sed mali
vis autem non timere potestatem
bonum fac et habebis laudem ex illa
4 Dei enim minister est tibi in bonum
si autem male feceris time
non enim sine causa gladium portat
Dei enim minister est
vindex in iram ei qui malum agit
5 ideo necessitate subditi estote
non solum propter iram sed et propter conscientiam
6 ideo enim et tributa praestatis
ministri enim Dei sunt in hoc ipsum servientes
7 reddite omnibus debita
cui tributum tributum cui vectigal vectigal
cui timorem timorem cui honorem honorem
8 nemini quicquam debeatis nisi ut invicem diligatis
qui enim diligit proximum legem implevit
9 nam non adulterabis non occides
non furaberis
non concupisces
et si quod est aliud mandatum in hoc verbo instauratur
diliges proximum tuum tamquam te ipsum
10 dilectio proximo malum non operatur
plenitudo ergo legis est dilectio
11 et hoc scientes tempus quia hora est iam nos de somno surgere
nunc enim propior est nostra
salus quam cum credidimus
12 nox praecessit dies autem adpropiavit
abiciamus ergo opera tenebrarum et induamur arma lucis
13 sicut in die honeste ambulemus
non in comesationibus et ebrietatibus
non in cubilibus et inpudicitiis
non in contentione et aemulatione
14 sed induite Dominum Iesum Christum
et carnis curam ne feceritis in desideriis