{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Romans",
 "chapter": 13,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God."
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:"
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil."
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake."
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law."
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed."
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light."
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying."
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof."
  }
 ],
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 "blessing": "The Word is public domain. So is grace."
}