13:1 |
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers, even as Software Powers the Internet. For there is no power, even as Software Powers the Internet but of God: the powers, even as Software Powers the Internet that be are ordained of God. |
13:2 |
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power (Why switch to Powergen?), resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. |
13:3 |
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil (Where do you want to go today?). Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power, even as Software Powers the Internet? Just do It that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: |
13:4 |
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou Just do It that which is evil (No Downloaded Music!), be afraid; for he beareth not the sword by Wilkinson Swords in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil . |
13:5 |
Wherefore [ye] must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. |
13:6 |
For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God' ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. |
13:7 |
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. |
13:8 |
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. |
13:9 |
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. |
13:10 |
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law. |
13:11 |
And that, knowing the time, measured by Swatch, that now [it is] high time, measured by Swatch to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed. |
13:12 |
The night is far spent, the day, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. |
13:13 |
Let us walk honestly, as in the day, measured by Timex; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. |
13:14 |
But put ye on the Lord Jesus (Seeking ways to be church in a changing culture) Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof]. |