6For for this cause pay you tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually on this very thing.


In Context

3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Will you then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and you shall have praise of the same:

4 For he is the minister of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath on him that does evil.

5 Why you must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

6 For for this cause pay you tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually on this very thing.

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

8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:6For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:6This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:6For therefore also you pay tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving unto this purpose.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:6For this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God's service, attending continually upon this very thing.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:6For on this account ye pay tribute also; for they are God's officers, attending continually on this very thing.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:6For for this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God's service, attending continually upon this very thing.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:6For, for this cause ye pay tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:6For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God's service, attending continually on this very thing.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:6for because of this also pay ye tribute; for servants of God they are, on this very thing attending continually;