Romans 13:6 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 13:6

This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For for this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God’s service, attending continually upon this very thing.

KJV

For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

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Commentary

3 voices

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS (253)

Therefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of wrath, but also because of conscience. For on this account you also pay tributes. For they are God's ministers, attending upon this very thing. By these words Paul indeed orders the Church of God, that, doing nothing adverse to the princes and powers of this world, it may through quiet and tranquillity of life carry out the work of righteousness and piety.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Hence it appears that laws with penalties for the lawless and disobedient ( 1 Tim. i. 9 ) must be constituted in Christian nations, and are agreeable with, and not contradictory to, the gospel. When men are become such beasts, such ravenous beasts, one to another, they must be dealt with accordingly, taken and destroyed in terrorem--to deter others.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For this cause pay ye tribute also - Because civil government is an order of God, and the ministers of state must be at considerable expense in providing for the safety and defense of the community, it is necessary that those in whose behalf these expenses are incurred should defray that expense; and hence nothing can be more reasonable than an impartial and moderate taxation, by which the expenses of the state may be defrayed, and the various officers, whether civil or military, who are employed for the service of the public, be adequately remunerated.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
διὰ	dia	Because of	G1223 →
τοῦτο	touto	this	G3778 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
φόρους	phorous	taxes	G5411 →
τελεῖτε·	teleite	pay you;	G5055 →
λειτουργοὶ	leitourgoi	servants	G3011 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
εἰσιν	eisin	they are	G1510 →
εἰς	eis	upon	G1519 →
αὐτὸ	auto	this very	G846 →
τοῦτο	touto	thing	G3778 →
προσκαρτεροῦντες.¶	proskarterountes	attending continually.	G4342 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 23:2
And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”
leads to
- Acts 17:6–7
  But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,
- John 19:12
  From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”
- Luke 23:14
  and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined Him here in your presence and found Him not guilty of your charges…
- John 18:30
  “If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.”
- Luke 22:69–70
  But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”