A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?

But Peter and John in answer said to them, It is for you to say if it is right in the eyes of God to give attention to you more than to God:

And do not give your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrongdoing, but give yourselves to God, as those who are living from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.

For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.

Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;

For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;

And they

Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.

And hearing it, they were full of wonder, and went away from him.

But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all;

General references

Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar or not?

Keep all the laws of men because of the Lord; those of the king, who is over all,