Romans 13:7

13:7 Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

Galatians 6:10

6:10 So then, ¹  whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith. ² 

Titus 2:14

2:14 He ³  gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, ⁴  who are eager to do good. ⁵ 

James 2:15-16

2:15 If a brother or sister ⁶  is poorly clothed and lacks daily food, 2:16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs, ⁷  what good is it?

James 5:4

5:4 Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

¹ tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what Paul has been arguing.

² tn Grk “to those who are members of the family of [the] faith.”

³ tn Grk “who” (as a continuation of the previous clause).

⁴ tn Or “a people who are his very own.”

⁵ tn Grk “for good works.”

⁶ tn It is important to note that the words ἀδελφός (adelfos) and ἀδελφή (adelfh) both occur in the Greek text at this point, confirming that the author intended to refer to both men and women. See the note on “someone” in 2:2.

⁷ tn Grk “what is necessary for the body.”