¹应当服从政府

¹Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

²所以抗拒掌权的，就是反对　神所设立的；反对的人必自招刑罚。

²so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God`s ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

³执政的不是要使行善的惧怕，而是要使作恶的惧怕。你想不怕掌权的吗？只要行善，就会得到称赞；

³For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and dost thou wish not to be afraid of the authority? that which is good be doing, and thou shalt have praise from it,

⁴因为他是　神的仆役，是对你有益的。但如果你作恶，就应当惧怕；因为他佩剑，不是没有作用的。他是　神的仆役，是向作恶的人施行刑罚的。

⁴for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

⁵所以你们必须服从，不但是为了刑罚，也是因为良心的缘故。

⁵Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience,

⁶因此，你们也当纳税，因为他们是　神的差役，专责处理这事的。

⁶for because of this also pay ye tribute; for servants of God they are, on this very thing attending continually;

⁷你们要向各人清还所欠的；应当纳税的，就要给他纳税；应当进贡的，就给他进贡；应当敬畏的，就敬畏他；应当尊敬的，就尊敬他。

⁷render, therefore, to all [their] dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

⁸爱是成全律法的不要欠人的债；但在彼此相爱的事上，要觉得是欠了人的债。爱别人的，就成全了律法。

⁸To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other — law he hath fulfilled,

⁹那“不可奸淫，不可杀人，不可偷盗，不可贪心”等等的诫命，都包括在“爱人如己”这一句话里面了。

⁹for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;` and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;`

¹⁰爱是不加害于人的，所以爱是成全律法的。

¹⁰the love to the neighbor doth work no ill; the love, therefore, [is] the fulness of law.

¹¹总要披戴基督还有，你们知道这是什么时期了，现在正是你们应该睡醒的时候，因为我们得救，现在比初信的时候更加接近了。

¹¹And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already [is] to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer [is] our salvation than when we did believe;

¹²黑夜已深，白昼近了，所以我们要除掉暗昧的行为，带上光明的武器。

¹²the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;

¹³行事为人要光明磊落，好像行在白昼。不可荒宴醉酒，不可放荡纵欲，不可纷争嫉妒。

¹³as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

¹⁴总要披戴主耶稣基督，不要为肉体安排，去放纵私欲。

¹⁴but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought — for desires.