WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:01.280 Chapter 13. 00:01.940 --> 00:08.100 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers, for there is no power but of God. 00:08.520 --> 00:11.380 The powers that be are ordained of God. 00:11.880 --> 00:16.180 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God, 00:16.420 --> 00:20.020 and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 00:20.400 --> 00:24.180 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. 00:24.180 --> 00:27.020 Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? 00:27.680 --> 00:31.160 Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same. 00:31.440 --> 00:34.620 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. 00:34.880 --> 00:40.220 But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid, for he beareth not the sword in 00:40.220 --> 00:40.540 vain. 00:41.120 --> 00:46.300 For he is the minister of God, a revenger, to execute wrath upon him that 00:46.300 --> 00:47.120 doeth evil. 00:47.900 --> 00:53.280 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for 00:53.280 --> 00:54.040 conscience' sake. 00:54.660 --> 00:59.940 For for this cause pay ye tribute also, for they are God's ministers, attending 00:59.940 --> 01:02.320 continually upon this very thing. 01:03.060 --> 01:08.340 Render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom 01:08.340 --> 01:11.260 custom, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor. 01:11.860 --> 01:18.640 O no man anything but to love one another, for he that loveth another hath fulfilled 01:18.640 --> 01:19.160 the law. 01:19.920 --> 01:26.440 For this thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, 01:26.940 --> 01:31.120 thou shalt not bear false witness, thou shalt not covet. 01:31.740 --> 01:36.840 And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, 01:37.280 --> 01:41.320 namely, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 01:42.120 --> 01:46.780 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor, therefore love is the fulfilling of the 01:46.780 --> 01:47.020 law. 01:47.580 --> 01:52.420 And that knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep, 01:52.680 --> 01:56.280 for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. 01:56.860 --> 01:59.780 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. 02:00.280 --> 02:04.820 Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of 02:04.820 --> 02:05.160 light. 02:05.620 --> 02:10.720 Let us walk honestly, as in the day, not in rioting and drunkenness, 02:10.860 --> 02:16.280 not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying, but put ye on 02:16.280 --> 02:21.260 the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the 02:21.260 --> 02:22.300 lusts thereof.