“For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.”
This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing. — Telos (tax, toll, revenue) payment to the leitourgoi (public ministers, servants) who proskartereō (persist in, devote themselves to) tēi leitourgiai (the public service) is obedience rendered. Taxes fund the protective and judicial functions of government. This is not tribute to an alien power but support for God's ordained servants.
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