Romans 13:7-9

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

⁷ Give-back to all authorities the things owed— the tribute to the one owed the tribute, the tax^[a] to the one owed the tax, the fear^[b] to the one owed the fear, the honor to the one owed the honor.

Pay Your Ongoing Debt of Love

⁸ Be owing^[c] nothing to anyone except to be loving one another. For the one loving the other has fulfilled the Law. ⁹ For the saying “You shall not commit-adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet” [Ex 20:13-17], and if there is any other commandment, is summed-up in this saying— in the “You shall love your neighbor as yourself ” [Lev 19:18].