{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/romans/13","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T11:35:09.660Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Romans","bookSlug":"romans","chapter":13,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":12,"nextChapter":14,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Whoever therefore resists the power, resists the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Will you then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and you shall have praise of the same:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For he is the minister of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath on him that does evil."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Why you must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For for this cause pay you tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually on this very thing."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Love works no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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 armor of light."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But put you on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof."}],"citation":{"inline":"Romans 13 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Romans 13](https://primebible.com/akjv/romans/13)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/romans/13 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}