1 Toda alma esté sometida á las potestades superiores: porque no hay potestad, sino de Dios: y las que son, de Dios son ordenadas. 2 Por lo qual el que resiste á la potestad, resiste á la ordenación de Dios: y los que le resisten, ellos mismos atrahen á sí la condenación. 3 Porque los Príncipes no son para temor de los que obran lo bueno, sino lo malo. ¿Quieres tú no temer á la potestad? haz lo bueno, y tendrás alabanza de ella: 4 Porque es Ministro de Dios para tu bien. Mas si hicieres lo malo, teme: porque no en vano trahe la espada: pues es Ministro de Dios vengador en ira contra aquel, que hace lo malo. 5 Por lo qual es necesario, que le estéis sometidos, no solamente por la ira, mas también por la conciencia. 6 Por ésta causa pagáis también tributos: porque son Ministros de Dios, sirviéndole en esto mismo. 7 Pues pagad á todos lo que se les debe; á quien tributo, tributo; á quien pecho, pecho: á quien temor, temor: á quien honra, honra. 8 No debais nada á nadie: sino que os améis los unos á los otros: porque el que ama á su próximo, cumplió la ley. 9 Porque: No adulterarás: no matarás: no hurtarás: no dirás falso testimonio: no codiciarás: y si hay algún otro mandamiento, se comprehende sumariamente en ésta palabra: Amarás á tu proximo, como á tí mismo. 10 El amor del próximo no obra mal: y así la caridad es el cumplimiento de la Ley. 11 Y esto sabiendo el tiempo: que es ya hora de levantarnos del sueño: porque ahora está mas cerca nuestra salud, que quando creímos. 12 La noche pasó, y el día se acercó. Pues desechemos las obras de las tinieblas, y vistámonos las armas de la luz. 13 Caminemos como de día, honestamente, no en glotonerías y embriaguezes, no en sensualidades y disoluciones, no en pendencias y envidia: 14 Mas vestíos de nuestro Señor Jesu-Christo; y no hagáis caso de la carne en sus apetitos.
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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)
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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 …