5. For this reason you must obey the authorities — not just because of God's punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
6. That is also why you pay taxes, because the authorities are working for God when they fulfil their duties.
7. Pay, then, what you owe them; pay them your personal and property taxes, and show respect and honour for them all.
8. Be under obligation to no one — the only obligation you have is to love one another. Whoever does this has obeyed the Law.
9. The commandments, “Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not desire what belongs to someone else” — all these, and any others besides, are summed up in the one command, “Love your neighbour as you love yourself.”
10. If you love someone, you will never do them wrong; to love, then, is to obey the whole Law.