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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Gill's Exposition
Render therefore to all their dues,.... To all princes, magistrates, and officers, that are placed over us, from the supreme governor to the lowest officer under him, should we render as a due debt,…
Barnes' Notes
Render therefore ... - This injunction is often repeated in the Bible; see the notes at Mat 22:21; see also Mat 17:25-27; 1Pe 2:13-17; Pro 24:21. It is one of the most lovely and obvious of the duties…
Adam Clarke
Render therefore to all their dues - This is an extensive command. Be rigidly just; withhold neither from the king nor his ministers, nor his officers of justice and revenue, nor from even the lowest…
We are here taught a lesson of justice and charity.
I. Of justice (Rom 13:7): Render therefore to all their dues, especially to magistrates, for this refers to what goes before; and likewise to all…
Cambridge Bible
This and other considerations combine to assure us that the principles of the Gospel, so far from favouring tyranny, tend ultimatelyto make it impossible. A perfectly Christian nation under tyrannic…
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