Romans 13:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Render to all men their dues. [Pay] taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, and honor to whom honor is due.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

Common English Bible

⁷ So pay everyone what you owe them. Pay the taxes you owe, pay the duties you are charged, give respect to those you should respect, and honor those you should honor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Therefore, render to all whatever is owed. Taxes, to whom taxes is due; revenue, to whom revenue is due; fear, to whom fear is due; honor, to whom honor is due.

Romans 13:7 Cross References

Luke 20:25

He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”

Matthew 17:25

He said, “Yes, he does.” And when he came home, Jesus spoke of it first, asking, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their children or from others?”

Proverbs 24:21

My child, fear the Lord and the king, and do not disobey either of them,

1 Timothy 5:17

Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching,

Matthew 22:21

They answered, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”

Ephesians 6:5

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ,

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, show consideration for your wives in your life together, paying honor to the woman—though the weaker vessel, they are joint heirs of the gracious gift of life—so that nothing may hinder your prayers.

1 Timothy 6:1

Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be blasphemed.

Ephesians 5:33

Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband.

Luke 23:2

They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man inciting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”

Mark 12:17

Jesus said to them, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were utterly amazed at him.

1 Samuel 12:18

So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

Leviticus 19:32

“You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:3

You shall each revere your mother and father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides that, they learn to be idle, gadding about from house to house, and they are not merely idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not say.

Proverbs 3:27

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.

Luke 20:22

Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar or not?”

Romans 12:10

love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.

Romans 13:6

For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s agents, busy with this very thing.

1 Kings 3:17

The one woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.