1 Toda persona debe someterse a las autoridades superiores, porque no hay autoridad que no venga de Dios; y las autoridades que existen han sido establecidas por Dios. 2 Por eso, el que se opone a la autoridad, se opone al orden establecido por Dios; y los que se oponen traerán juicio sobre sí mismos. 3 Porque los gobernantes no son motivo de temor para el que hace el bien, sino para el que hace el mal. ¿Quieres no temer a la autoridad? Haz lo bueno, y recibirás su aprobación. 4 Porque la autoridad es sierva de Dios para tu bien. Pero si haces lo malo, teme; porque no lleva la espada en vano. Es sierva de Dios, vengadora para castigar al que hace lo malo. 5 Por eso es necesario someterse, no solo por temor al castigo, sino también por causa de la conciencia. 6 Por esta misma razón también pagan impuestos, porque las autoridades son servidores de Dios, dedicados a esta función. 7 Den a cada uno lo que le corresponde: al que impuesto, impuesto; al que tributo, tributo; al que respeto, respeto; al que honra, honra. 8 No deban nada a nadie, excepto amarse unos a otros; porque el que ama al prójimo ha cumplido la Ley. 9 Porque los mandamientos: No cometerás adulterio, no matarás, no robarás, no darás falso testimonio, no codiciarás, y cualquier otro mandamiento, se resumen en esta palabra: Amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo. 10 El amor no hace mal al prójimo; por eso el amor es el cumplimiento de la Ley. 11 Hagan esto, sabiendo el tiempo en que vivimos. Ya es hora de despertar del sueño, porque ahora nuestra salvación está más cerca que cuando creímos. 12 La noche está avanzada, y el día se acerca. Desechemos, pues, las obras de la oscuridad y vistámonos con las armas de la luz. 13 Vivamos decentemente, como de día; no en fiestas desordenadas ni borracheras, no en inmoralidad sexual ni libertinaje, no en pleitos ni envidia. 14 Más bien, revístanse del Señor Jesucristo, y no hagan planes para satisfacer los malos deseos de la carne.
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- 1 Titus 3:1; 1 Peter 2:13–17; Daniel 2:21; John 19:11; Proverbs 8:15–16
- 2 1 Peter 2:13; Titus 3:1; James 3:1; Romans 13:5; Luke 20:47
- 3 Ecclesiastes 10:4–6; Proverbs 14:35; Proverbs 20:2; 1 Peter 2:13–14; Deuteronomy 25:1
- 4 Romans 12:19; 2 Chronicles 19:6; Proverbs 24:23–24; Proverbs 20:2; Proverbs 16:14
- 5 1 Peter 2:19; Ecclesiastes 8:2; Acts 24:16; 1 Peter 2:13–15; Titus 3:1–2
- 6 Matthew 22:17–21; Luke 23:2; Luke 20:21–26; Matthew 17:24–27; Mark 12:14–17
- 7 Luke 20:25; 1 Peter 2:17–18; Proverbs 24:21; Matthew 17:25; 1 Timothy 5:17
- 8 Romans 13:10; Matthew 22:39–40; Galatians 5:14; Matthew 7:12; Proverbs 3:27–28
- 9 Exodus 20:12–17; Matthew 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Deuteronomy 5:16–21
- 10 Romans 13:8; Matthew 22:39–40; 1 Corinthians 13:4–7
- 11 1 Thessalonians 5:5–8; 1 Peter 4:7; Ephesians 5:14; Matthew 24:42–44; 1 Corinthians 15:34
- 12 Ezekiel 18:31–32; Ephesians 5:11; 2 Corinthians 6:7; Colossians 3:8–17; Ephesians 6:11–18
- 13 Galatians 5:21; Ephesians 5:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:3–5; 1 Peter 4:3–5; Ephesians 5:15
- 14 Ephesians 4:24; Galatians 5:16–17; Galatians 3:27; 1 Peter 2:11; Galatians 5:24
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Of this subject he makes much account in other epistles also, setting subjects under their rulers as household servants are under their masters.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
And Paul in like manner declares, "Love is the fulfilling of the law:" and [he declares] that when all other things have been destroyed, there shall remain "faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of all is love;" and that apart from the love of God, neither knowledge avails anything, nor the understanding of mysteries, nor faith, nor prophecy, but …
… in silence read that paragraph on which my eyes first fell,--"Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying; but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof." No further would I read, nor did I need; for instantly, as the sentence ended,--by …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
But that it is even at the doors, hear Paul saying, "The night is far spent, the day is at hand;" and again, "He that cometh will come, and will not tarry." For the signs too are now complete, which announce that day.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For this cause pay ye tribute also; for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing." Both the Lord, then, and the apostles announce as the one only God the Father, Him who gave the law, who sent the prophets, who made all things; and therefore does He say, "He sent His armies," because every man, inasmuch as …