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1，人人當順服他，因為沒有權柄不是出於 神的。凡掌權的都是 神所命的。Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
2所以，抗拒掌權的就是抗拒 神的命；抗拒的必自取刑罰。Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
3作官的原不是叫行善的懼怕，乃是叫作惡的懼怕。你願意不懼怕掌權的嗎？你只要行善，就可得他的稱讚；For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
4因為他是 神的，是與你有益的。你若作惡，卻當懼怕；因為他不是空空地；他是 神的用人，是伸冤的，刑罰那作惡的。For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
5所以，你們必須順服，不但是因為刑罰，也是因為良心。Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
6你們，也為這個緣故；因他們是 神的，常常特管這事。This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
7凡人所當得的，就給他。當得糧的，給他納糧；當得稅的，給他上稅；當懼怕的，懼怕他；當恭敬的，恭敬他。Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
8凡事都不可人，惟有彼此相愛要常以為虧欠，因為愛人的就完全了律法。Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
9像那不可姦淫，不可殺人，不可偷盜，不可貪婪，或有別的誡命，都包在這一句話之內了。The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
10愛是不加害與人的，所以愛就了律法。Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
11再者，你們曉得，現今就是該趁早睡醒的時候；因為我們得救，現今比初信的時候更近了。And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
12黑夜已深，白晝將近。我們就當脫去的行為，帶上。The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
13行事為人要端正，好像行在白晝。不可醉酒；不可好色邪蕩；不可爭競嫉妒。Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
14總要主耶穌基督，不要為肉體，去放縱私慾。Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.