Chapter 13
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.
every
Deuteronomy 17.12 Ephesians 5.21 Titus 3.1 1 Peter 2.13-17 2 Peter 2.10,11 Jude 1.8
there
1 Samuel 2.8 1 Chronicles 28.4,5 Psalms 62.11 Proverbs 8.15,16 Jeremiah 27.5-8 Daniel 2.21 4.32 Daniel 5.18-23 Matthew 6.13 John 19.11 Revelation 1.5 17.14 19.16
ordained
or, order.
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
power
Jeremiah 23.8-17 44.14-17 Titus 3.1
ordinance
receive
5 Matthew 23.14 Mark 12.40 Luke 20.47 James 3.1
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:
rulers
4 Deuteronomy 25.1 Proverbs 14.35 20.2 Ecclesiastes 10.4-6 Jeremiah 22.15-18
Wilt
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.
he is
6 1 Kings 10.9 2 Chronicles 19.6 Psalms 82.2-4 Proverbs 24.23,24 31.8,9 Ecclesiastes 8.2-5 Isaiah 1.17 Jeremiah 5.28 Ezekiel 22.27 Micah 3.1-4,9
be
revenger
12.19 Numbers 35.19-27 Joshua 20.5,9 Ezekiel 25.14
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
ye
1 Samuel 24.5,6 Ecclesiastes 8.2 Titus 3.1,2 1 Peter 2.13-15
conscience
Acts 24.16 Hebrews 13.18 1 Peter 2.19 3.16
For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
pay
Ezra 4.13,20 6.8 Nehemiah 5.4 Matthew 17.24-27 22.17-21 Mark 12.14-17 Luke 20.21-26 23.2
attending
12.8 Exodus 18.13-27 Deuteronomy 1.9-17 1 Samuel 7.16,17 2 Samuel 8.5 1 Chronicles 18.14 Job 29.7-17
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
therefore
fear to
Leviticus 19.3 1 Samuel 12.18 Proverbs 24.21 Ephesians 5.33 6.5 1 Peter 2.18
honour to
Exodus 20.12 Leviticus 19.32 Ephesians 6.2,3 1 Timothy 5.13,17 6.1 1 Peter 2.17 3.7
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Owe
7 Deuteronomy 24.14,15 Proverbs 3.27,28 Matthew 7.12 22.39,40
for
10 Galatians 5.14 Colossians 3.14 1 Timothy 1.5 James 2.8
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.
For this
Exodus 20.12-17 Deuteronomy 5.16-21 Matthew 19.18,19 Mark 10.19 Luke 18.20
covet
love
Leviticus 19.18,34 Matthew 22.39 Mark 12.31 Luke 10.27 Galatians 5.13 James 2.8-10
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
worketh
love is
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.
knowing
Isaiah 21.11,12 Matthew 16.3 24.42-44 1 Thessalonians 5.1-3
it is
Jonah 1.6 Matthew 25.5-7 26.40,41 Mark 13.35-37 1 Corinthians 15.34 Ephesians 5.14 1 Thessalonians 5.5-8
for now
Ecclesiastes 9.10 Luke 21.28 1 Corinthians 7.29-31 1 Peter 4.7 2 Peter 3.13-15 Revelation 22.12,20
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.
night
Song of Solomon 2.17 1 John 2.8
cast
Isaiah 2.20 30.22 Ezekiel 18.31,32 Ephesians 4.22 Colossians 3.8,9 James 1.21 1 Peter 2.1
works
Job 24.14-17 John 3.19-21 Ephesians 5.11 1 Thessalonians 5.5-7 1 John 1.5-7 2.8,9
put
14 2 Corinthians 6.7 Ephesians 6.11-18 Colossians 3.10-17 1 Thessalonians 5.8
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
us
Luke 1.6 Galatians 5.16,25 Ephesians 4.1,17 5.2,8,15 Philippians 1.27 3.16-20 4.8,9 Colossians 1.10 1 Thessalonians 2.12 4.12 1 Peter 2.12 1 John 2.6 2 John 1.4
honestly
or, decently. as.
Acts 2.15 1 Thessalonians 5.17 2 Peter 2.13
rioting
Proverbs 23.20 Isaiah 22.12,13 28.7,8 Amos 6.4-6 Matthew 24.48-51 Luke 16.19 Luke 17.27,28 21.34 1 Corinthians 6.10 Galatians 5.21 Ephesians 5.18 1 Peter 2.11 4.3-5
chambering
1 Corinthians 6.9,10 Galatians 5.19 Ephesians 5.3-5 Colossians 3.5 1 Thessalonians 4.3-5 2 Peter 2.14,18-20 Jude 1.23
strife
Galatians 5.15,21,26 Philippians 2.3 James 3.14-16 4.5 1 Peter 2.1,2
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
put
Galatians 3.27 Ephesians 4.24 Colossians 3.10-12
and
8.12,13 Galatians 5.16,17,24 Colossians 3.5-8 1 Peter 2.11 1 John 2.15-17