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for it is God's servant for your good. But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for the authority a does not bear the sword in vain! It is the servant of God to execute wrath on the wrongdoer.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard Bible Version Online)
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