Romans 13:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And for this cause pay ye tribute. For they are Gods ministers, seruyng for the same purpose.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ φόρους τελεῖτε: λειτουργοὶ γὰρ Θεοῦ εἰσιν, εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο προσκαρτεροῦντες.

Transliteration

Through this gar also phorous teleite: leitourgoi gar Theou eisin, to this very thing proskarterountes.

Grammar Details

• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *phorous*: accusative, masculine, plural - taxes/tributes
• *teleite*: present active indicative, 2nd plural - you pay
• *leitourgoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - servants/ministers
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *eisin*: present indicative, 3rd plural - they are
• *proskarterountes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - attending continually/persevering

Word Meanings

• *phorous*: taxes/tributes/payments
• *teleite*: you pay/complete/fulfill
• *leitourgoi*: servants/ministers/public officials
• *proskarterountes*: attending continually/persevering/devoting themselves

Referenced Verses

• Matt 17:24-27 : 24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that receaued tribute money, came to Peter, and sayde: Doth not your maister pay tribute? 25 He sayth: yes. And when he was come into the house, Iesus preuented hym, saying: What thynkest thou Simon? of whom do the kynges of the earth take tribute or toule? of the chyldren, or of straungers? 26 Peter sayth vnto hym: of straungers. Iesus sayth vnto hym: Then are the chyldren free. 27 Notwithstandyng, lest we shoulde offende them, go thou to the sea, and cast an angle, and take the fisshe that first commeth vp: and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt fynde a peece of twenty pence: that take, and geue it vnto them for me, and thee.
• Matt 22:17-21 : 17 Tell vs therfore, howe thynkest thou? Is it lawfull that tribute be geuen vnto Caesar, or not? 18 But Iesus perceauyng their wickednesse, sayde: Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 19 Shewe me the tribute money. And they brought vnto hym a peny. 20 And he sayde to them: whose is this image and superscription? 21 They say vnto hym, Caesars. Then sayde he vnto them: Geue therfore vnto Caesar, the thynges which are Caesars: and vnto God, those thynges that are gods.
• Mark 12:14-17 : 14 And assoone as they were come, they sayde vnto hym: Maister, we knowe that thou art true, & carest for no man, for thou considerest not the persons of men, but teachest the way of god truely: Is it lawfull to pay tribute to Caesar, or not? 15 Ought we to geue, or ought we not to geue? But he seeyng their hypocrisie, sayde vnto them: Why tempt ye me? Bryng me a penie, that I may see it. 16 And they brought it: And he sayth vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they sayde vnto hym: Caesars. 17 And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto them: Geue to Caesar the thynges that belong to Caesar: and to God, the thynges which pertayne to God. And they marueyled at hym.
• Luke 20:21-26 : 21 And they asked him, saying: Maister, we knowe that thou sayest and teachest ryght, neither considerest thou the outwarde appearaunce of any man, but teachest the way of God truely: 22 Is is lawfull for vs to geue tribute vnto Caesar, or no? 23 He perceaued their craftynesse, & saide vnto them: why tempt ye me? 24 Shewe me a penie, whose image and superscription hath it? They aunswered and sayde, Caesars. 25 And he sayde vnto them: Geue then vnto Caesar, the thynges which belong vnto Caesar, and to God the thynges that perteyne vnto God. 26 And they coulde not reproue his saying before the people: and they marueyled at his aunswere, & helde their peace.
• Luke 23:2 : 2 And they began to accuse hym, saying: We founde this felow peruerting the people, and forbyddyng to paye tribute to Ceasar, saying that he is Christe, a kyng.
• Rom 12:8 : 8 Or he that exhorteth, in exhortyng, he that geueth in singlenesse, he that ruleth in diligence, he that is mercifull in chearefulnesse.
• Exod 18:13-27 : 13 And on the morowe Moyses sate to iudge the people: and the people stoode about Moyses from morning vnto eue. 14 And when Moyses father in lawe sawe all that he dyd vnto the people, he sayd: what is this that thou doest vnto the people? Why sittest thou thy selfe alone, and all the people stande about thee from morning vnto euen? 15 And Moyses sayde to his father in lawe: because the people come vnto me to seeke counsayle of God. 16 When they haue a matter, they come vnto me, and I iudge betweene euery man & his neyghbour, & shew them the ordinaunces of God and his lawes. 17 And Moyses father in lawe sayde vnto hym: It is not well that thou doest. 18 Thou both weryest thy selfe, and this people that is with thee: For this thing is of more wayght, then thou art able to perfourme thy selfe alone. 19 Heare therfore nowe my voyce, and I wyll geue thee councell, and God shalbe with thee: Be thou vnto the people to Godwarde, that thou mayest bring the causes vnto God: 20 And thou shalt teache them ordinaunces and lawes, and shew them the way wherein they must walke, & the worke that they must do. 21 Moreouer, thou shalt seeke out among all the people, men of actiuitie and such as feare God, true men hating couetousnes, and place of these ouer the people rulers of thousandes, rulers of hundrethes, rulers of fiftithes, and rulers of tennes, 22 And let them iudge the people at all seasons: and euery great matter that commeth, let them bryng vnto thee, but let them iudge all small causes them selues, and so shall it be easier for thy selfe, and they shall beare a burthen with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God charge thee withall, thou shalt be able to endure, and yet the people shall come to their place in peace. 24 And so Moyses obeyed the voyce of his father in lawe, and dyd all that he had sayde. 25 And Moyses chose actiue men out of all Israel, and made them as heades ouer the people, namely rulers of thousandes, rulers of hundrethes, rulers of fiftithes, and rulers of tennes, 26 And they iudged the people at all seasons: but brought the harde causes vnto Moyses, and iudged all small matters them selues. 27 And Moyses let his father in lawe depart: and he went into his owne lande.
• Deut 1:9-9 : 9 And I spake vnto you in the same time, saying: I am not able to beare you my selfe alone. 10 For the Lorde your God hath multiplied you: so that you be this day as the starres of heauen in number. 11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many mo as ye are, and blesse you as he hath promised you.) 12 Howe can I my selfe alone, beare your cumbraunce, your charge, & your stryfe that is among you? 13 Bryng you men of wysdome, and of vnderstanding, and expert, accordyng to your tribes, and I wyll make them rulers ouer you. 14 And ye aunswered me, & sayde: That which yu hast spoken, is good for vs to do. 15 And so out of your tribes I toke the chiefe men of wysdome, and that were expert, and made them rulers ouer you, captaynes ouer thousandes, & captaines ouer hundredes, captaines ouer fiftie, and captaines ouer ten, and officers among your tribes. 16 And I charged your Iudges that same tyme, saying: Heare the cause of your brethren, and iudge righteously betweene euery man and his brother, and the straunger that is with hym. 17 Ye shall haue no respect of any person in iudgement, but you shall heare the small aswell as the great: You shall not feare the face of any man, for the iudgement is Gods. And the cause that is to harde for you, referre it vnto me, and I wyll heare it.
• 1 Sam 7:16-17 : 16 And went about yere by yere to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mispah, and iudged Israel in all those places. 17 And came againe to Rama, for there was his house, and there he iudged Israel also, & there he buylt an aulter vnto the Lorde.
• 2 Sam 8:5 : 5 And when the Syrians of Damascon came to succour Hadarezer king of Zoba, Dauid slue of the Syrians two and twentie thousand men.
• 1 Chr 18:14 : 14 And Dauid raigned ouer all Israel, and executed iudgement and righteousnesse among all his people.
• Ezra 4:13 : 13 Be it knowen now vnto the king, that if this citie be builded, and the walles made vp againe, then shal not they geue toule, tribute, and custome, & the kinges profite shall incurre damage.
• Ezra 4:20 : 20 There haue ben mightie kinges also at Hierusalem, which haue raigned ouer all countreys beyond the water: and toule, tribute, and custome was geuen vnto them,
• Ezra 6:8 : 8 I haue commaunded what ye shall do to the elders of Iuda for the building of the house of God, that of the kinges goodes, euen of the tribute beyond the water, foorthwith expences be geuen vnto the men, that they be not hindred.
• Neh 5:4 : 4 But some there were that saide: We haue borowed money for the kinges tribute, and that vpon our landes & vineyardes.
• Job 29:7-9 : 7 When I went out to the gate, euen to the iudgement seate, and when I prepared my seate in the streete: 8 The young men saw me and hid them selues, and the aged arose, and stoode vp. 9 The princes left of their talking, and layed their hand to their mouth: 10 The mightie kept still their voyce, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth. 11 When the eare heard me, it blessed me: & when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me: 12 For I deliuered the poore when he cryed, and the fatherlesse, and hym that had none to helpe hym. 13 The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce. 14 And why? I put vpon me righteousnesse, which couered me as a garment, and equitie was my crowne. 15 I was an eye to the blinde, and a foote to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently. 17 I brake the iawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the spoyle out of his teeth.