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For this reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities[a] are God’s servants devoted to governing.[b] Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

Exhortation to Love Neighbors

Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 13:6 tn Grk “they”; the referent (the governing authorities) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Romans 13:6 tn Grk “devoted to this very thing.”