{"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/kjv/romans/13","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T23:46:11.835Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth 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. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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 <i>execute</i> wrath upon him that doeth evil."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Wherefore <i>ye</i> must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute <i>is due</i>; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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 <i>there be</i> any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love <i>is</i> the fulfilling of the law."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And that, knowing the time, that now <i>it is</i> high time to awake out of sleep: for now <i>is</i> 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 armour 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 ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to <i>fulfil</i> the lusts <i>thereof</i>."}],"citation":{"inline":"Romans 13 (KJV)","markdown":"[Romans 13](https://primebible.com/kjv/romans/13)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/romans/13 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}