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The Book of Romans, Chapter 13, Verse 6

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Wherefore [ye] must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
King James Version
For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
American Standard Version
For this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God's service, attending continually upon this very thing.
New English Translation
For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.
World English Bible
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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Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
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Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
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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.
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Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.
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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.
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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.
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Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
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But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].
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Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, [but] not to doubtful disputations.
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For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.