Romans 13:2-8

²Therefore whoever resists the authority is opposed to God's ordinance, and those who oppose will bring judgment on themselves.

³Now rulers are not a terror to good deeds but to bad ones. So if you wish not to fear the authority, do the good and you will have praise from the same;

⁴because it is God's minister to you with a view to the good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not bear the sword for nothing; because it is God's minister, an avenger with a view to wrath on the wrongdoer.

⁵Therefore it is necessary to submit, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience.

⁶This is precisely why you pay taxes, for they are God's servants, continually attending on this very thing.

⁷Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes, customs to whom customs, respect to whom respect, honor to whom honor.

⁸Owe no one anything except to love one another, since he who loves the other has fulfilled the law.