KJV King James Version
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Romans 13:7
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.
ASV American Standard Version
Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
render, therefore, to all their dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.
Surrounding context — Romans 13
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5 Wherefore [ye] must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9 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.
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἀπόδοτεG591 · apodidōmito payπᾶσινG3956 · pasallτὰςG3588 · hothe/this/whoὀφειλάς,G3782 · opheilēdebtτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoφόρονG5411 · phorostaxτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoφόρον,G5411 · phorostaxτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoτέλοςG5056 · telosgoal/taxτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoτέλος,G5056 · telosgoal/taxτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoφόβονG5401 · phobosfearτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoφόβον,G5401 · phobosfearτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoτιμὴνG5092 · timēhonorτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoτιμήν.G5092 · timēhonor
Cross-references
Luke 20:25And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.Matthew 17:25He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?Proverbs 24:21My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:1 Peter 2:17-18Honour all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.1 Timothy 5:17Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.Matthew 22:21They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.Ephesians 6:5Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;1 Peter 3:7Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.Leviticus 19:32Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.Mark 12:17And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.1 Samuel 12:18So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.Leviticus 19:3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God.1 Timothy 6:1Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and [his] doctrine be not blasphemed.Ephesians 6:2-3Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)Luke 23:2And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this [fellow] perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.1 Timothy 5:13And withal they learn [to be] idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
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