Romans 13:1-4

Submission to the Authorities

1 Let every person 1be subject to the governing authorities. For 2there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you 3will receive his approval,
4 for 4he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, 5an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.

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Cross References 5

  • 1. Titus 3:1; 1 Peter 2:13
  • 2. [John 19:11]; See Daniel 2:21
  • 3. 1 Peter 2:14
  • 4. 2 Chronicles 19:6
  • 5. 1 Thessalonians 4:6
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