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Pay What You Owe

Romans 13:7

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Scott Postma
Oct 10, 2025
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“Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.” -Romans 13:7

Having worked through the logic of this last exhortation to obey the rulers and pay the taxes, Paul concludes with a command. Pay is an imperative verb and shows that Paul is moving b…

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