Romans 13:6-7
13:6 For this reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities 1 are God’s servants devoted to governing. 2
13:7 Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
1 tn Grk “they”; the referent (the governing authorities) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Grk “devoted to this very thing.”