Mat 22:21, Rom 13:7, 2Cor 7:1, Eph 5:21 | TSK | STEP | Render. are Caesar's.This conclusion is drawn from their own maxims and premises. They held that "wherever the money of any king is current, there the inhabitants acknowledge that king for their lord." Now, by admitting that this was Cæsar's coin, and by consenting to receive it as the current coin of their country, they in fact acknowledged their subjection to his government, and of course their obligation to pay the tribute demanded of them. This answer was full of consummate wisdom, and it completely defeated the insidious designs of his enemies. He avoided rendering himself odious to the Jewish people by opposing their notions of liberty, or appearing to pay court to the emperor, without exposing himself to the charge of sedition and disaffection to the Roman government. and.

Matthew 22:21

Render.

are Caesar's.This conclusion is drawn from their own maxims and premises. They held that "wherever the money of any king is current, there the inhabitants acknowledge that king for their lord." Now, by admitting that this was Cæsar's coin, and by consenting to receive it as the current coin of their country, they in fact acknowledged their subjection to his government, and of course their obligation to pay the tribute demanded of them. This answer was full of consummate wisdom, and it completely defeated the insidious designs of his enemies. He avoided rendering himself odious to the Jewish people by opposing their notions of liberty, or appearing to pay court to the emperor, without exposing himself to the charge of sedition and disaffection to the Roman government.

and.

37; 4:10; Da 3:16-18; 6:10,11,20-23; Mal 1:6-8; 3:8-10; Ac 4:19; 5:29

1Pe 2:13-17

Romans 13:7

therefore.

Lu 20:25

fear to.

Le 19:3; 1Sa 12:18; Pr 24:21; Eph 5:33; 6:5; 1Pe 2:18

honour to.

Ex 20:12; Le 19:32; Eph 6:2,3; 1Ti 5:13,17; 6:1; 1Pe 2:17; 3:7

2 Corinthians 7:1

1 He proceeds in exhorting them to purity of life;

2 and to bear him like affection as he does to them.

3 Whereof lest he might seem to doubt, he declares what comfort he took in his afflictions by the report which Titus gave of their godly sorrow, which his former epistle had wrought in them;

13 and of their loving-kindness and obedience toward Titus, answerable to his former boastings of them.

therefore.

1:20; 6:17,18; Ro 5:20,21; 6:1-11; Heb 4:1; 2Pe 1:4-8

let.

Ps 51:10; 119:9; Pr 20:9; 30:12; Isa 1:16; Jer 13:27; Eze 18:30-32

Eze 36:25,26; Mt 5:8; 12:33; 23:25,26; Lu 11:39,40; Tit 2:11-14

Jas 4:8; 1Pe 1:22; 2:11; 1Jo 1:7,9; 3:3

filthiness.

Isa 55:7; Jer 4:14; 1Co 6:20; Eph 2:3; 1Th 5:23

perfecting.

Mt 5:48; Eph 4:12,13; Php 3:12-15; 1Th 3:13; 4:7; Heb 12:23

1Pe 5:10