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.”