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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Submission to Governing Authorities</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the one in authority is God&#8217;s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God&#8217;s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God&#8217;s servants, who give their full time to governing. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Love Fulfills the Law</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The commandments, &#8220;You shall not commit adultery,&#8221; &#8220;You shall not murder,&#8221; &#8220;You shall not steal,&#8221; &#8220;You shall not covet,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:9 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deut. 5:17-19,21</span></span></span><span class="content"> and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: &#8220;Love your neighbor as yourself.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:9 </span><span class="ft">Lev. 19:18</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Day Is Near</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:14 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">68</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 68</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 68:1-35 is numbered 68:2-36.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.68.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">May God arise, may his enemies be scattered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.68.1"><span class="content">may his foes flee before him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.68.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">May you blow them away like smoke&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="content">as wax melts before the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="content">may the wicked perish before God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But may the righteous be glad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="content">and rejoice before God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="content">may they be happy and joyful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="content">extol him who rides on the clouds</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">name, / prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="content">rejoice before him&#8212;his name is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.68.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.68.5"><span class="content">is God in his holy dwelling.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.68.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">God sets the lonely in families,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the desolate in a homeland</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="content">he leads out the prisoners with singing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="content">but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.68.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When you, God, went out before your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.68.7"><span class="content">when you marched through the wilderness,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 19 and 32.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.68.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="content">before God, the One of Sinai,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="content">before God, the God of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.68.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You gave abundant showers, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.68.9"><span class="content">you refreshed your weary inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.68.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Your people settled in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"><span class="content">and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.68.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The Lord announces the word,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.68.11"><span class="content">and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.68.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.68.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Kings and armies flee in haste;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.68.12"><span class="content">the women at home divide the plunder.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.68.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the campfires; </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">the saddlebags</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="content">the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="content">its feathers with shining gold.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When the Almighty</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:14 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span><span class="content"> scattered the kings in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"><span class="content">it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.68.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Mount Bashan, majestic mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.68.15"><span class="content">Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.68.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="content">at the mountain where God chooses to reign,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="content">where the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> himself will dwell forever?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The chariots of God are tens of thousands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="content">and thousands of thousands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="content">the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:17 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Lord is among them at Sinai in holiness</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When you ascended on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">you took many captives;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">you received gifts from people,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">even from</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">gifts for people, / even</span></span></span><span class="content"> the rebellious&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">that you,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">they</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God, might dwell there.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.68.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.68.19"><span class="content">who daily bears our burdens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.68.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.68.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Our God is a God who saves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.68.20"><span class="content">from the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes escape from death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.68.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.68.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.68.21"><span class="content">the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.68.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.68.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The Lord says, &#8220;I will bring them from Bashan;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.68.22"><span class="content">I will bring them from the depths of the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.68.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"><span class="content">while the tongues of your dogs have their share.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.68.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Your procession, God, has come into view,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.68.24"><span class="content">the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.68.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.68.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In front are the singers, after them the musicians;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.68.25"><span class="content">with them are the young women playing the timbrels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.68.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.68.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Praise God in the great congregation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.68.26"><span class="content">praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the assembly of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.68.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="content">there the great throng of Judah&#8217;s princes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="content">and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.68.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Summon your power, God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:28 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Your God has summoned power for you</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.68.28"><span class="content">show us your strength, our God, as you have done before.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.68.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.68.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Because of your temple at Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.68.29"><span class="content">kings will bring you gifts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.68.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Rebuke the beast among the reeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">Scatter the nations who delight in war.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Envoys will come from Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"><span class="content">Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:31 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> will submit herself to God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.68.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.68.32"><span class="content">sing praise to the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.68.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.68.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">to him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.68.33"><span class="content">who thunders with mighty voice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.68.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Proclaim the power of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="content">whose majesty is over Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="content">whose power is in the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"><span class="content">the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"><span class="content">Praise be to God!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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