Romans 13:7–14 · BSB
13:7
Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
13:8
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
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13:9
The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
13:10
Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
13:11
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
13:12
The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
13:13
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
13:14
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
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