English: HCSB Audio Old and New Testament

HCSB Audio Old and New Testament

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 <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1">A Christian&#8217;s Duties to the State</div><div class="p">1Everyone must submit to the governing authorities, # Ti 3:1; 1Pt 2:13 for there is no authority except from God, # Dn 2:21; 4:17; Jn 19:1 and those that exist are instituted by God. 2So then, the one who resists the authority is opposing God&#8217;s command, and those who oppose it will bring judgment on themselves. 3For rulers are not a terror # 1Pt 2:14 to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have its approval. 4For government is God&#8217;s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For government is God&#8217;s servant, an avenger # 1Th 4:6 that brings wrath on the one who does wrong. 5Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath, but also because of your conscience. # 1Pt 2:13,19 6And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God&#8217;s public servants, continually attending to these tasks. # Lit to this very thing 7Pay your obligations # Mt 22:21 to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, # Lk 20:22; 23:2 tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, # Mt 17:25 and honor to those you owe honor.</div><div class="s1">Love, Our Primary Duty</div><div class="p">8Do not owe anyone anything, # Or Leave no debt outstanding to anyone except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. # Mt 7:12; 22:39; Jn 13:34; Rm 12:10; Gl 5:14; Jms 2:8 9The commandments:</div><div class="p">Do not commit adultery;</div><div class="p">do not murder;</div><div class="p">do not steal; # Other mss add you shall not bear false witness</div><div class="p">do not covet; # Ex 20:13-17; Dt 5:17-21 # Ex 20:13-17; Dt 5:17-21</div><div class="m">and whatever other commandment &#8212; all are summed up by this: Love your neighbor as yourself. # Lv 19:18; Mt 19:19 # Lv 19:18</div><div class="p">10Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Love, therefore, is the fulfillment of the law.</div><div class="s1">Put On Christ</div><div class="p">11Besides this, knowing the time, it is already the hour # 1Co 7:29; 10:11; Jms 5:8; 1Pt 4:7; 2Pt 3:9,11; 1Jn 2:18; Rv 1:3; 22:10 for you # Other mss read for us to wake up from sleep, # Mk 13:37; 1Co 15:34; Eph 5:14; 1Th 5:6 for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. # Ac 19:2; 1Co 3:5; 15:2 12The night is nearly over, and the daylight is near, # Heb 10:25; 1Jn 2:8; Rv 1:3; 22:10 so let us discard the deeds of darkness # Eph 5:11 and put on the armor of light. # 2Co 6:7; 10:4; Eph 6:11,13; 1Th 5:8 13Let us walk with decency, # 1Th 4:12 as in the daylight: not in carousing and drunkenness; # Lk 21:34; Gl 5:21; Eph 5:18; 1Pt 4:3 not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarreling and jealousy. 14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, # Jb 29:14; Gl 3:27; Eph 4:24; Col 3:10,12 and make no plans to satisfy the fleshly desires. # Gl 5:16; 1Pt 2:11</div>
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Everyone must submit to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are instituted by God. So then, the one who resists the authority is opposing God’s command, and those who oppose it will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have its approval. For government is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For government is God’s servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong. Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath, but also because of your conscience. And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God’s public servants, continually attending to these tasks. Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, and honor to those you owe honor.

Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments:
Do not commit adultery;
do not murder;
do not steal;
do not covet;
and whatever other commandment — all are summed up by this: Love your neighbor as yourself.
Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Love, therefore, is the fulfillment of the law.

Besides this, knowing the time, it is already the hour for you to wake up from sleep, for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is nearly over, and the daylight is near, so let us discard the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us walk with decency, as in the daylight: not in carousing and drunkenness; not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no plans to satisfy the fleshly desires.

Kuuntele Romans 13