1 Всѧ́ка дꙋша̀ власте́мъ предержа́щымъ да повинꙋ́етсѧ: нѣ́сть бо вла́сть а҆́ще не ѿ бг҃а, сꙋ́щыѧ же вла̑сти ѿ бг҃а ᲂу҆чине́ны сꙋ́ть. 2 Тѣ́мже противлѧ́ѧйсѧ вла́сти, бж҃їю повелѣ́нїю противлѧ́етсѧ: противлѧ́ющїисѧ же себѣ̀ грѣ́хъ прїе́млютъ. 3 Кнѧ̑зи бо не сꙋ́ть боѧ́знь дѡ́брымъ дѣлѡ́мъ, но ѕлы̑мъ. Хо́щеши же ли не боѧ́тисѧ вла́сти; Бл҃го́е творѝ, и҆ и҆мѣ́ти бꙋ́деши похвалꙋ̀ ѿ негѡ̀: 4 бж҃їй бо слꙋга̀ є҆́сть, тебѣ̀ во бл҃го́е. А҆́ще ли ѕло́е твори́ши, бо́йсѧ, не бо̀ без̾ ᲂу҆ма̀ ме́чь но́ситъ: бж҃їй бо слꙋга̀ є҆́сть, ѿмсти́тель въ гнѣ́въ ѕло́е творѧ́щемꙋ. 5 Тѣ́мже потре́ба повинова́тисѧ не то́кмѡ за гнѣ́въ, но и҆ за со́вѣсть. 6 Сегѡ̀ бо̀ ра́ди и҆ да̑ни даетѐ: слꙋжи́тєли бо бж҃їи сꙋ́ть, во и҆́стое сїѐ пребыва́юще. 7 Воздади́те ᲂу҆̀бо всѣ̑мъ дѡ́лжнаѧ: є҆мꙋ́же (ᲂу҆́бѡ) ᲂу҆ро́къ, ᲂу҆ро́къ: (а҆) є҆мꙋ́же да́нь, да́нь: (а҆) є҆мꙋ́же стра́хъ, стра́хъ: (и҆) є҆мꙋ́же че́сть, че́сть. 8 Ни є҆ди́номꙋ же ничи́мже до́лжни быва́йте, то́чїю є҆́же люби́ти дрꙋ́гъ дрꙋ́га: любѧ́й бо дрꙋ́га, зако́нъ и҆спо́лни. 9 Є҆́же бо: не прелюбы̀ сотвори́ши, не ᲂу҆бїе́ши, не ᲂу҆кра́деши, не лжесвидѣ́тельствꙋеши, не похо́щеши, и҆ а҆́ще ка́ѧ и҆́на за́повѣдь, въ се́мъ словесѝ соверша́етсѧ, во є҆́же: возлю́биши и҆́скреннѧго твоего̀, ꙗ҆́коже са́мъ себѐ. 10 Любы̀ и҆́скреннемꙋ ѕла̀ не твори́тъ: и҆сполне́нїе ᲂу҆̀бо зако́на любы̀ є҆́сть. 11 И҆ сїѐ, вѣ́дѧще вре́мѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ча́съ ᲂу҆жѐ на́мъ ѿ сна̀ воста́ти. Нн҃ѣ бо ближа́йшее на́мъ спⷭ҇нїе, не́жели є҆гда̀ вѣ́ровахомъ. 12 Но́щь (ᲂу҆́бѡ) пре́йде, а҆ де́нь прибли́жисѧ: ѿложи́мъ ᲂу҆̀бо дѣла̀ тє́мнаѧ, и҆ ѡ҆блече́мсѧ во ѻ҆рꙋ́жїе свѣ́та. 13 Ꙗ҆́кѡ во днѝ, благоѡбра́знѡ да хо́димъ, не козлогласова̑нїи и҆ пїѧ́нствы, не любодѣѧ̑нїи и҆ стꙋдодѣѧ̑нїи, не рве́нїемъ и҆ за́вистїю: 14 но ѡ҆блецы́тесѧ гдⷭ҇емъ на́шимъ і҆и҃съ хрⷭ҇то́мъ, и҆ пло́ти ᲂу҆го́дїѧ не твори́те въ по́хѡти.
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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 …