Romans 13:7

To all — Magistrates. Tribute — Taxes on your persons or estates. Custom — For goods exported or imported. Fear — Obedience. Honour — Reverence. All these are due to the supreme power.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Render therefore ... - This injunction is often repeated in the Bible; see the notes at Matthew 22:21 ; see also Matthew 17:25-27 ; 1 Peter 2:...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom (e) fear; honour to whom (f) honour. (e) O...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Order and Loyalty. On the turbulence of Roman Jews, see Introd. § 3. Romans 13:1 f. Let every soul be subordinate to superior authorities, a g...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

therefore . Omit. their . the. dues . Greek. opheile. Only here and Matthew 18:32 . custom . That which is paid for public ends. Greek. te...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Render then to all what is due, etc. The Apostle seems here summarily to include the particulars in which the duties of subjects towards...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1911 DUTY TO CIVIL GOVERNORS Romans 13:1-7 . Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due ; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. Render therefo...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Tribute to whom tribute— The Jews had a favourite notion among them, that, as the peculiar people of God, they were exempted from obligations to pa...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom Render therefore to all their dues: tr...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paraphrase. '(1) Obey civil rulers, for they are divinely ordained, (2) and therefore God will punish disobedience. (3, 4) They do God's work, rewa...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Custom ] i.e. ordinary taxes. Fear ] i.e. scrupulous obedience.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XIII. (1-7) Subject unto the higher powers. — Looking impartially at the passage which follows, it would seem at first sight — and perhaps not o...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Tribute. — Rather, taxes — i.e., taxes upon person or property as opposed to the customs levied upon goods. These were collected by different o...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 27 CHRISTIAN DUTY; IN CIVIL LIFE AND OTHERWISE: Romans 13:1-10 A NEW topic now emerges, distinct, yet in close and natural connection....
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Rendering “to All Their Dues” Romans 13:1-7 Human government, like the existence of the family relationship, is a divine institution. It is par...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The apostle now showed what attitude the believer will take toward the world. The first thing dealt with is submission to authority. These powers are...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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. (2) Whosoever therefore r...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Render therefore to all their dues ,.... To all princes, magistrates, and officers, that are placed over us, from the supreme governor to the lowest...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due ; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. Ver. 7. Re...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Render, therefore, to all Magistrates, whether supreme or subordinate; their dues What by law, or by the appointment of God, belongs to them, eve...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Subjection to Proper Authority This chapter is as clear as can be in its teaching: nothing but a spirit of rebellion could find difficulty with it...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Justice and Charity. A. D. 58. 7 Render th...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This verse concludes his discourse about the civil powers. When he saith: Render to all their dues, he doth not mean all men, but all magistrates,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Christian's Attitude Towards The State (13:1-7). Having called on Christians ‘not to be conformed to this world' ( Romans 12:2 ), and having i...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Render to all their dues; taxes to whom taxes (are due), tolls to whom tolls (are due), fear to whom fear (is due), honour to whom honour (is due).'...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Romans 13:8 .—Augustine says that “love is a debt which is multiplied by paying.” Milton says, “ By owing owes not, but still pay...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 13:7 The Doctrine of Obedience. Note: I. As suggested by the passage generally, the breadth and largeness of the gospel precepts. The broa...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 13:1 . Let every soul be subject to the higher powers, of magistrates, governors, proconsuls, kings, and emperors. The christian finds them...
The Biblical Illustrator

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers I. Every...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Romans 13:1-45 From admonitions to keep peace, if possible, with all men, whether or not within the Christian circle, and to act...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Subject for conscience' sake:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom, to whom custom; fear, to whom fear; honor, to whom honor. For necess...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:17 ; 1 Peter 2:18 ; 1 Peter 3:7 ; 1 Samuel 12:18 ; 1 Timothy 5:13 ; 1 Timothy 5:17 ; 1 Timothy 6:1 ; Ephesians 5:33 ; Ephesians 6:...

⁷ Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

Related Commentaries of Romans 13:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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