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- 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.
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- Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
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- 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:
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- 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.
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- Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
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- For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
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- Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
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- Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
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- 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.
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- Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
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- But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Kapcsolódó igehirdetések: Be Ki
Kalauz
Május 11
Kétéves:
- I. év: 4Móz 8
- II. év: Jób 39:1-40:19
- Jn 6:43-71
- Zsolt 107:1-43
- Péld 15:1-3
Példabeszéd
Aki saját házára hoz romlást, annak szél lesz az öröksége, és a bolond szolgál a bölcs elméjűnek.