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Romans 13:6
This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
Romans 13:6 · Berean Standard Bible
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Romans 13:6 in other translations
For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing.
For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God's service, attending continually on this very thing.
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In context
3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
4 For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
5 Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
6 This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
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.
8 Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
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.”
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