{"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/ylt/romans/13","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:29:38.184Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Romans","bookSlug":"romans","chapter":13,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":12,"nextChapter":14,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and dost thou wish not to be afraid of the authority? that which is good be doing, and thou shalt have praise from it,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"for because of this also pay ye tribute; for servants of God they are, on this very thing attending continually;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other — law he hath fulfilled,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"for, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, is the fulness of law."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already is to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer is our salvation than when we did believe;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought — for desires."}],"citation":{"inline":"Romans 13 (YLT)","markdown":"[Romans 13](https://primebible.com/ylt/romans/13)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/romans/13 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}