罗马书 13

顺服掌权者

1 在上有权柄的，人人当顺服他，因为没有权柄不是出于上帝的。凡掌权的都是上帝所命的。2 所以，抗拒掌权的就是抗拒上帝的命；抗拒的必自取刑罚。3 作官的原不是叫行善的惧怕，乃是叫作恶的惧怕。你愿意不惧怕掌权的吗？你只要行善，就可得他的称赞；4 因为他是上帝的用人，是与你有益的。你若作恶，却当惧怕，因为他不是空空地佩剑；他是上帝的用人，是伸冤的，刑罚那作恶的。5 所以，你们必须顺服，不但是因为刑罚，也是因为良心。6 你们纳粮，也为这个缘故；因他们是上帝的差役，常常特管这事。

7 凡人所当得的，就给他。当得粮的，给他纳粮；当得税的，给他上税；当惧怕的，惧怕他；当恭敬的，恭敬他。

相爱如兄弟

8 凡事都不可亏欠人，惟有彼此相爱要常以为亏欠，因为爱人的就完全了律法。9 像那不可奸淫，不可杀人，不可偷盗，不可贪婪，或有别的诫命，都包在爱人如己这一句话之内了。

10 爱是不加害与人的，所以爱就完全了律法。

白昼将近

11 再者，你们晓得，现今就是该趁早睡醒的时候；因为我们得救，现今比 初信的时候更近了。12 黑夜已深，白昼将近。我们就当脱去暗昧的行为，带上光明的兵器。13 行事为人要端正，好像行在白昼。不可荒宴醉酒；不可好色邪荡；不可争竞嫉妒。14 总要披戴主耶稣基督，不要为肉体安排，去 放纵私欲。

Romans 13

Submission to Civil Government

1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment,t and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.2 So the person who resists such authorityt resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will incur judgment3 (for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation,4 for it is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be in fear, for it does not bear the sword in vain. It is God’s servant to administer retribution on the wrongdoer.5 Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath of the authoritiest but also because of your conscience.t6 For this reason you also pay taxes, for the authoritiest are God’s servants devoted to governing.t

7 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

8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.9 For the commandments,t “Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,”s (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”s

10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Motivation to Godly Conduct

11 And do thist because we knowt the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.12 The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.13 Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy.

14 Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.t