Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. Tit 3:11Pe 2:13-17Dan 2:21Jhn 19:11Pro 8:15-16Jer 27:5-8Jud 1:8Dan 5:18-23 Therefore he who resists the authority withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment. 1Pe 2:13Tit 3:1Jas 3:1Rom 13:5Luk 20:47Mrk 12:40Mat 23:13Jer 23:8-17 For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the authority, Ecc 10:4-61Pe 2:13-14Pro 14:35Pro 20:2Deu 25:11Pe 3:13-14Jer 22:15-18Rom 13:4 for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil. Rom 12:192Ch 19:6Pro 24:23-24Pro 16:14Pro 20:21Th 4:6Isa 1:17Psa 82:2-4 Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake. 1Pe 2:19Act 24:16Ecc 8:21Pe 2:13-151Sa 24:5-6Tit 3:1-21Pe 3:16Heb 13:18 For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing. Mat 22:17-21Luk 20:21-26Luk 23:2Mat 17:24-27Mrk 12:14-171Ch 18:142Sa 8:5Deu 1:9-17 Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. Luk 20:251Pe 2:17-18Mat 17:25Pro 24:211Ti 5:17Mat 22:21Eph 6:51Pe 3:7
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. Rom 13:10Mat 22:39-40Gal 5:14Mat 7:12Pro 3:27-28Jhn 13:34Rom 13:7Jas 2:8 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” 1 “You shall not covet,” 2 and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 3 Exo 20:12-17Mat 22:39Mrk 12:31Luk 10:27Deu 5:16-21Lev 19:18Mat 19:18-19Rom 7:7-8 Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law. Rom 13:8Mat 22:39-401Co 13:4-7
Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed. 1Th 5:5-81Pe 4:7Eph 5:141Co 15:34Mat 24:42-44Mrk 13:35-371Th 5:1-32Pe 3:13-15 The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light. Ezk 18:31-32Eph 5:112Co 6:7Col 3:8-17Eph 6:11-18Jas 1:21Eph 4:22Rom 13:14 Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy. Gal 5:21Eph 5:181Th 4:3-51Pe 4:3-51Th 4:12Eph 5:151Jn 2:6Luk 21:34 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts. Eph 4:24Gal 5:16-17Gal 3:271Pe 2:11Gal 5:24Col 3:10-12Rom 8:12-131Jn 2:15-17