Romans 13:7–14:1

7 Pay your obligationsat to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes,au tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect,av and honor to those you owe honor.

LOVE, OUR PRIMARY DUTY

8 Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.aw 9 The commandments, Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal;F do not covet;G,ax and any other commandment, are summed up by this commandment: Love your neighbor as yourself.H,ay 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Love, therefore, is the fulfillment of the law.

PUT ON CHRIST

11 Besides this, since you know the time, it is already the houraz for youA to wake up from sleep,ba because now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.bb 12 The night is nearly over, and the day is near;bc so let us discard the deeds of darknessbd and put on the armor of light.be 13 Let us walk with decency,bf as in the daytime: not in carousing and drunkenness;a not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarreling and jealousy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ,b and make no provision for the flesh to gratify its desires.c

THE LAW OF LIBERTY

14 Welcomed anyone who is weak in faith,e but don’t argue about disputed matters.

at	Mt 22:21
au	Lk 20:22 Lk 23:2
av	Mt 17:25
aw	Mt 7:12 Mt 22:39 Jn 13:34 Ro 12:10 Ga 5:14 Jas 2:8
F	Other mss add do not bear false witness
G	Ex 20:13–17 Dt 5:17–21
ax	Ex 20:13–17 Dt 5:17–21
H	Le 19:18
ay	Le 19:18 Mt 19:19
az	1 Co 7:29 1 Co 10:11 Jas 5:8 1 Pe 4:7 2 Pe 3:9 2 Pe 3:11 1 Jn 2:18 Re 1:3 Re 22:10
A	Other mss read for us
ba	Mk 13:37 1 Co 15:34 Eph 5:14 1 Th 5:6
bb	Ac 19:2 1 Co 3:5 1 Co 15:2
bc	Heb 10:25 1 Jn 2:8 Re 1:3 Re 22:10
bd	Eph 5:11
be	2 Co 6:7 2 Co 10:4 Eph 6:11 Eph 6:13 1 Th 5:8
bf	1 Th 4:12
a	Lk 21:34 Ga 5:21 Eph 5:18 1 Pe 4:3
b	Job 29:14 Ga 3:27 Eph 4:24 Col 3:10 Col 3:12
c	Ga 5:16 1 Pe 2:11
d	Ac 28:2 Ro 11:15 Ro 12:3 Ro 15:7
e	Ro 15:1 1 Co 8:9–11 1 Co 9:22