Self-interpreting Bible

1 LET every soul ^abe subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ¹ordained of God.

• a: Tit. 3:1 , 1Pe. 2:13 - 17 , 1Co. 7:21 , vs. 8 , 2Pe. 2:10 , Pr. 8:15 , Pr. 8:16 , Da. 2:21 , Da. 4:32 , Jn. 19:11
• 1: Or, ordered.

2 ^bWhosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

• b: 1Sa. 29:9 , Je. 27:8 , Tit. 3:1 , 1Pe. 2:13

3 ^cFor rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

• c: Pr. 14:35 , Pr. 16:13 , 1Pe. 2:14 , 1Pe. 3:13 , De. 25:1

4 For he is ^dthe minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

• d: Ro. 13:1 , Ro. 13:2 , Ro. 13:6 , 1Ch. 28:7 , 2Ch. 19:6 , 1Ki. 10:9 , Je. 25:9 , Je. 27:6 , 1Pe. 2:13 , 1Pe. 2:14 , Jn. 19:11 , Da. 2:21 , Da. 4:32 , Pr. 8:15 , Pr. 8:16 , 1Ch. 29:23

5 ^eWherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

• e: 1Sa. 24:5 , Ec. 8:2 , 1Pe. 2:13 , Ro. 13:1 - 3

6 For for this cause pay ye ^ftribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

• f: Lu. 20:22

7 ^gRender therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; ^*custom to whom ^hcustom; ⁱfear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

• g: Mat. 22:21 , Mar. 12:17 , Lu. 20:25 , Ac. 5:37
• *: custom-tribute, tax.
• h: Mat. 17:25
• i: Ep. 5:23 , Ep. 6:5 , Mal. 1:6 , Ex. 20:12 , 1Pe. 2:17

8 ^jOwe no man any thing, but to love one another; ^kfor he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

• j: Mat. 7:12 , Pr. 3:27 , Pr. 3:28 , Ga. 5:15
• k: 1Ti. 1:5 , Ja. 2:8 , Jn. 13:34 , Ro. 13:10 , Col. 3:14

9 For this, ^lThou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, ^mThou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

• l: Ex. 20:12 - 17 , De. 5:16 - 21 , Mat. 19:18 , Mat. 19:19 , Ja. 2:8 , Ja. 2:11
• m: Le. 19:18 , Mat. 22:39 , Mat. 22:40 , Ga. 5:14 , Ja. 2:11

10 ⁿLove worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

• n: 1Co. 13:4 - 7 , Mat. 22:40

11 And that, knowing the time, that ^onow it is high time to awake out of sleep: for ^pnow is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

• o: 1Co. 15:34 , Ep. 5:14 , 1Th. 5:5 - 8 , Mat. 25:5
• p: Lu. 21:28 , Ja. 4:14 , Re. 22:7 , Re. 22:12 , Re. 22:20

12 ^qThe night is far spent, ^rthe day is at hand: let us therefore ^scast off the works of darkness, and let us put on ^tthe armour of ^ulight.

• q: Ca. 2:17 , 1Th. 5:4 - 6 , 1Th. 5:8 , 2Pe. 1:19 , 1Jn. 2:8 , 1Pe. 4:7 , 1Co. 7:29
• r: Jn. 9:4
• s: Ep. 5:11 , 1Th. 5:7 , Jn. 3:20 , Job 24:14 - 17 , Col. 3:5 , Col. 3:8 , Ep. 5:3
• t: 2Co. 6:7 , Col. 3:10 - 17 , 1Th. 5:8 , Ep. 6:11 - 18
• u: Jn. 1:4 , Jn. 1:9 , Jn. 3:19 , Jn. 8:12 , Jn. 12:35 , Mat. 5:16 , Phi. 2:15 , Phi. 2:16

13 ^vLet us walk ²honestly, as in the day; ^wnot in rioting and drunkenness, ^xnot in ^*chambering and wantonness, ^ynot in strife and envying.

• v: Phi. 1:27 , Phi. 4:8 , 2Co. 1:12 , Ac. 24:16 , Romans 12 , Romans 13 , Ep. 5:15 , Ephesians 4 - 6 , 1 Thessalonians 5 , 1Th. 4:12 , 1Pe. 2:12
• 2: Or, decently.
• w: Lu. 21:34 , Ga. 5:21 , 1Pe. 4:3
• x: Ga. 5:19 , Ep. 5:3 - 5 , 1Co. 6:9 , 1Co. 6:10 , Col. 3:5 , 1Th. 4:3 , 1Th. 4:5 , 1Pe. 4:3
• *: chambering-sensual, wanton living.
• y: Ja. 3:14 - 16 , Ja. 4:1 , Ga. 5:15 , Ga. 5:26

14 But ^zput ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and ^amake not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

• z: Ga. 3:27 , Ga. 2:20 , Ep. 4:24 , Col. 3:10 , Re. 16:15 , Re. 19:8 , Is. 61:10 , Ga. 5:16
• a: Ga. 5:24 , Ga. 5:17 , 1Pe. 2:11 , 1Jn. 2:16 , Col. 3:5 , Col. 3:8 , Ep. 5:3 , Ep. 5:4 , Lu. 21:34